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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Kirpianuscus
few slices of Dickens. a lovely story. music. and great story. about vocation and about hope. about the force of music. and about the art. about an entire state of soul. impressive. and remarkable eulogy of freedom and the courage to do the right choice. August Rush is unique. because it seems be the classic sad story with the perfect end, a fairy tale in modern rhythm. or, just a lovely trip across the beauty circles. so, a great film. not perfect, not the desired masterpiece. only a great film. about the science and fascinated science. to be yourself.
tdowell-40280
I remember the first time i ever seen august rush. I read the information and said this should be interesting. And i loved it so much. I love music and i love this movie. I will still be waiting for part 2 of this movie because i really wanna know how life went after reconnecting with his family after all these years. A total 10 from me. This movie touched me somewhere special i cry through the whole movie every time i watch it. Its romantic and funny and emotional. Every orphan or adopted kid should never stop looking for their birth parents because you never know if they are looking for you or thinking about you.
Amlan Kar
August Rush (Evan Taylor) is a musically gifted orphan whose parents' love had blossomed from their appreciation of music and its majestic beauty. Evan's mother, Lyla Novacek is a gifted Cellist who hails from a family of wealth and power while his father, Louis Connelly is a multi-talented musician making his name in the lower levels of the music industry with energetic performances along with his band. They meet during one of his shows where their love buds out of their appreciation of the music in everything. They spend the night together after which Lyla's father, Thomas, who orchestrates Lyla's life to lead her to fame and recognition, forces Lyla away from Louis. But Lyla is left with Evan, whom she swears to protect with her life. Evan is born just after Lyla meets with an accident. Seizing the opportunity, Thomas sends Evan away to an orphanage before Lyla regains consciousness. The movie then follows Evan's adventure as he tries to reunite with his mother and father through his music.Kirsten Sheridan directs this wonderful movie, and the viewer comes away from it with a new found multidimensional appreciation for the mystic enchantments of music. Since seeing the movie, I have become an avid listener of the rhythms of the everyday hustle-bustle, the streets and the sounds made by animals, horns, drills, bells and the trample of feet on the sidewalks. The movie exhibits impeccable music direction by Marc Mancina combined with fluidic direction and flawless execution.I am especially fond of the many scenes in the film where August gets in the groove and loses himself in the music. He reveals the deep pleasure of letting go and following the creative flow. August Rush makes it clear that people like Lyla and Louis can make beautiful music together for one night that can play in their hearts for years. The movie also teaches us that we all need mentors to cheer us on so that the magic of the music can lead us where it wants us to go. And, most importantly, August Rush reminds us that the yearning of the heart is the best music of all for that is how we reach out to each other and discover the love that binds us together.
juneebuggy
A unique and somewhat magical love story that really grabbed me. I liked everything about this, even if did require some imagination. It's an urban fairy tale about a 12 year-old prodigy (Freddie Highmore) who heads to New York City to find and reunite with the musician parents who unwittingly abandoned him as baby.Highmore is amazing as musical prodigy "August Rush" and I have to say that Robin Williams was exceptionally creepy as "The Wizard", I liked seeing him play the bad guy here -what a great part for him. I also enjoyed the two romantic leads (Keri Russell & Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and while the ending is a bit over-the-top it still managed to make me smile. 10.13
