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August

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Howard A. Rodman
Directed by: Austin Chick
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 11, 2008
DVD: August 4, 2009
Running Time: minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language and some sexual content
Starring Josh Hartnett, Adam Scott, David Bowie, Naomie Harris, and Rip Torn
August follows Tom Sterling as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend, Sarrah, regain control of his company from his apathetic investor Ogilvie , and deal with age-old family wounds with his father, David and his brother Joshua. (First Look Studios)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Anyone who thinks that Josh Hartnett isn't a true movie star should see his riveting, high-wire performance in August.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
There's not much to it, but Austin Chick's hyper-focused indie does serve as a nicely assured showcase for lead Josh Hartnett.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
This middling drama has no glaring faults, but simply lacks the intended urgency.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Chick's underwhelming exploration of post-millennial angst is as empty and vacant as its protagonist's inexpressive peepers.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Justin Lowe
Another among this year's crop of features that demonstrates that having a cast with indie cred can sometimes do little to buoy a film's miscalculated execution.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
The movie's amoral momentum is fatally slowed by an acronym-heavy script and flimsy characterizations that offer fine actors -- including Rip Torn as Tom's contemptuous father and Naomie Harris as his missed opportunity -- little to play.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nick Pinkerton
August seems to be missing something essential--a prologue? Or maybe it's not what's missing that's the problem, but what's here.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
As usual, Hartnett exhibits the acting ability of linoleum; his performance would not be measurably changed if he lapsed into a coma halfway through. Only an amusing cameo by David Bowie enlivens things, but he's onscreen for just about two minutes at the end.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sean F. gave it an8:
I enjoyed this movie quite a bit, I even thought that it flowed like poetry (the pieces all fit together very well). Possibly Josh Hartnett's best performance yet, it seemed like the movie must have been written for him to play the lead role. Overall, the film does a good job of capturing the e-commerce, irrational exuberance of the early 2000's, late 1990's.
Keith J gave it a7:
Don't trust movie critics (generally smart people who majored in English and are annoyed they were left out of the tech boom) to rate this movie accurately. Some get it right, but many downplay it because it isn't a topic of interest to them. If you were touched by the dot-com bubble - for example, if you lost half your net worth when the NASDAQ collapsed, or especially if you worked in the dot-com industry back then - you will find this movie hard to stop watching. It's not perfect. Some dialogue is leaden, and there are subplots that get too much screen time. But worth watching if the subject matter is of interest.
Emil S. gave it an8:
Much better than the ratings & reviews indicate. This is the first film I've seen that effectively captures that unbearable e-snottiness that flooded America during the dotcom craze. The story is set in August 2001, which perhaps is still too recent in the public consciousness to be fairly objective. The cast is superb, including David Bowie who delivers a briliant albeit brief scene towards the end. Plus, there's no trace of those all to familiar "indie" film clichés that compel you to hit Eject (except for the score perhaps, which I found somewhat relentless.) Deserves to be re-evaluated, once we all grow up a little.
Jay H. gave it a4:
This is one boring movie. It started out slow, developed into more slowness but from there it got lethargic. I didn't care about any character in the movie, the story was tedious. On the plus side, the acting was fine and it was professionally made.
