August Rush

Name: August Rush
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Released: November 21, 2007
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell

2007

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 21, 2007 | PG

Starring: Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell

Summary: A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, orphaned by circumstance. Years later, performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger who gives him the nameA charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, orphaned by circumstance. Years later, performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger who gives him the name August Rush, the child uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Music

Rating: PG

Runtime: 114 min

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Claudia Puig

Will not be for everyone, but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry. Read full review

William Arnold

In the end, this could be the year's most sharply defined love-it-or-hate-it movie. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Acclimate yourself to the frenzied vibe, and you'll feel the movie grow into itself as an urban fairy tale whose rapturous finale stakes a wishful claim on the redemptive power of love and art. Read full review

Stephen Holden

To describe August Rush as a piece of shameless hokum doesn’t quite do justice to the potentially shock-inducing sugar content of this contemporary fairy tale. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Odd, quasi-mystical movie that’s too silly for adults to take seriously and frankly too weird for kids. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Simultaneously swooningly romantic and transcendently idiotic. Read full review

Pam Grady

An inane musical melodrama. Read full review

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DaleA

Mar 17, 2008

Although somewhat predictable, there is a moment when you think the world you had planned for August might come crashing down around him as an angry Robin Williams chases him deep into the subway system. The young actor who plays August (Evan) is adorable and can't help but put a smile Although somewhat predictable, there is a moment when you think the world you had planned for August might come crashing down around him as an angry Robin Williams chases him deep into the subway system. The young actor who plays August (Evan) is adorable and can't help but put a smile on your face. Also the soundtrack was memorizing! Take a chance and watch this movie, despite the poor ratings.… Expand

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BellaL.

Aug 17, 2008

Poo hoo to the critics. This was one fantastic movie with brilliant performances by all the cast. Wow, wow, wow.

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Harmonic

Aug 6, 2014

I can't understand why this movie was received badly ! For me, it's definitively one of the best movies ever ! Yes, the plot is a little bit unlikely... But a good story is rarely made of common events.
1. This is a movie about Music. It's not a matter of mysticism or things like that :I can't understand why this movie was received badly ! For me, it's definitively one of the best movies ever ! Yes, the plot is a little bit unlikely... But a good story is rarely made of common events.
1. This is a movie about Music. It's not a matter of mysticism or things like that : it's a matter of faith. Someone believe that the music has a power, someone don't. It's like a religion, everyone has the right to believe in what he choose to believe.
2. There is a brilliant cast : I considerate Freddie Highmore as one the best boy-actor. Jonathan Rhys-Meyer is excellent, too, and he has a beautiful voice (perfect for the role). Keri Russell and Robin Williams are very different but both are heart-moving, in a different way.
3. We are very attached to those characters : the little prodigy of the music ; the guitarist, wasting his life with an other woman ; the cellist, who can't play anymore ; even the manipulator who just want to make money with children is captivating !
4. Some themes in this movie are beyond all description !! And I think it's not a movie about ONE thing, only : it's a friendship movie ; a romance ; a movie about music...
And if the message is that there is something about us who guides us, it's not a "pseudo-mysticism" movie, for all that. It's... well... like an other religion !!… Expand

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CarlB

Dec 27, 2007

It was a great little movie. If you are a imaginative person who likes being moved than you will certainly like this movie.

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Kevin

Nov 29, 2007

Great movie. There are a couple of minor details that should have been changed or added near the end, but all in all a very enjoyable movie. Critics obviously are out of touch with what makes a good movie.

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JayH.

Mar 6, 2008

The movie is an uncomfortable mix of fantasy and drama, it was meant to be more inspiring than it turned out. The cast is good though, but the story just isn't strong enough to make the film work.

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[Anonymous]

Nov 21, 2007

This movie is beyond awful. There were too many characters, and not one was developed enough for me to have so much as a passing interest in what happened to him. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

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