August Rush (2007)

Sadly Over-hyped

Instant Favorite.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

This movie is truly heart warming. It has the most visceral and accurate presentation of the transcendent and joyous "aha" discovery-when one crosses the barrier from making sounds from a guitar and the universe flows through you-and "music" envelopes you and radiates out to the world. All that and it's a beautiful fairy tale love story.

It's a very nice movie for young children and women. I don't think men would enjoy watching it.It feels like a fairy tale story full of magic, with a touch of My Own Private Idaho, Oliver Twist and a few more stories, but is all positive, beautifully made and a pleasure to watch.The actors and director have done a great job! I guess only a woman could have such a soft, tender touch and make the movie that way.The music is absolutely beautiful as well. A pleasure to watch, thank you guys!PS: The best part - no bad language, real violence or nudity. I'm sick of 99% of the movies made, which pretend to be "realistic" with all their horrible disgusting violent stories/scenes. This one isn't one of them. It makes you feel good as a human being.

August Rush (2007) is like a modern day fairytale. The movie is one to be enjoyed and it's meant to enchant it's audience. The plot centers around a young orphan boy who is a musical prodigy. He is on a mission to find his parents, with whom he has never meet. His mother (Keri Russell) is a musician who went to Juliard, she went to a party one night with a girlfriend of hers and ended up having sex with a male band member. She got pregnant as a result of that tryst. She was hit by a car and rushed to the hospital, her very controlling father forged her signature and put the baby up for adoption and told her when she awoke that she'd lost the baby. She doesn't contact the father or anything and they all go their separate ways. About 11 years later, the son is on a search for his parents, claiming he can sense them and he follows the music. The movie really takes off when he is searching for his parents and they are searching for each other too. That's where the fairytale part of the film kicks in. The acting is good for the most part. I really loved Jonathan Rhys Meyers in his role, very good casting decision. Russell was good as Lyla, the mother. And I loved Freddie Highmore as August Rush. He is such a great actor, especially for him to be that young. Robin Williams is good here too, he plays the antagonist, a kind of role he didn't usually play. This movie is just enchanting and I loved it! The writing isn't like Oscar worthy or anything but it's a very well made movie that'll keep your undivided attention the entire way through and will leave you feeling great. 10/10!

Very superficial; appeared to be a movie made for children. Evan, child musical prodigy is searching for his parents. He hears music everywhere he goes from the surrounding environment. He can instantaneously play a guitar, a pipe organ; write a symphony. It's obvious that adult hands are playing instruments when close up is shown of Evan playing an instrument. Plot moves along so fast, skipping details which is why it is perfect for a child. Actor who portrays Evan basically smiles and says "no"; that's pretty much the extent of his dialogue through the entire film. The very end, when his parents come together and see Evan on stage, the film ends. No scene with him re-uniting with parents; nor are we given the gratification of what caused their separation in the first place. Cool idea and would have been a good film if not so poorly executed.