Release Date: March 11, 2007 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Kirsten Sheridan Screenwriter: Nick Castle, James V. Hart Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard,
Robin Williams Genre: Drama, Music MPAA Rating: PG (for some thematic elements, mild violence and language)
Review:
While
elements of this
film are completely
unbelievable (take
August's instant
prowess on the
guitar or his
immediate and
sophisticated grasp
of musical notation
and musical theory),
the message of the
universality of
music and the notion
that "the music is
all around us, all
you have to do is
listen" is both
compelling and
powerful...more
August Rush Release Date: November 21, 2007 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Kirsten Sheridan Screenwriter: Nick Castle, James V. Hart Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard,
Robin Williams Genre: Drama, Music MPAA Rating: PG (for some thematic elements, mild violence and language) Official Website: AugustRushmovie.com
Plot Summary: A charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)
and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) 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 (Robin Williams) who
gives him the name August Rush, the child (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable
musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth
EN 5 Second Review:
Sure its sappy, but our kids can use the lesson. It's
not as if they are going to read Dickens.
If
Charles Dickens were alive today, he might be writing projects like
August Rush, the unabashedly sentimental tale of a plucky orphan lad
who falls in with streetwise urchins as he seeks the family he ought to
have Colin Covert: Minneapolis
Star-Tribune
..depends on implausible coincidences to propel the story,
and features idealized heroes and a snarling villain. While it's not as
well-crafted, it does offer audiovisual pleasures that a novel can't
provide....more
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 Steven Holden: NY Times
August Rush hears music everywhere. Whether it’s the wind in
the grass or the roar of a subway, the sounds of the world
are a symphony to his ears, and the movie’s soundtrack
offers a Hollywood realization of a John Cage idea in which
all sounds are music...more
Matt Zaller checked out the August
Rush world premiere at the Zeigfeld Theater in New
York City this week. The Warner Bros. new flick has
Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, and Keri Russell
among others. The story is a drama with fairy tale
elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his
gift as a clue to finding his birth parents. The
only gift you'll find in this segment is the gift of
gab, which clearly are well-represented by our
famous carpet goers
EN 5 Second Review:
Sure its sappy, but our kids can use the lesson. It's
not as if they are going to read Dickens.