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August Rush
An infant secretly given away by Lyla';;s father has grown into an unusually gifted child who hears music all around him and can turn the rustling of wind through a wheat field into a beautiful symphony with himself at its center, the composer and conductor. This is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a guitar player and vocalist at a club. Lyla and Louis fall in love once they meet each other following the music. Since they have different lives, they have to separate without seeing each other again.
21 August 1996, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
26 July 1992, Rochester, New York, USA
3 July 1987, New York, New York, USA
11 December 1937, Columbus, Ohio, USA
April 17, 2008
Its almost desperate earnestness actually turns out to be its greatest appeal -- August Rush does believe in fairy tales, it does it does it does!
November 22, 2007
August Rush will not be for everyone, but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry.
May 05, 2010
A music box trying to pass itself off as an orchestra.
July 27, 2009
A heartwarming fairy-tale that is undeniably sweet, even if it occasionally crosses over into sappiness.
November 27, 2007
Even the final few moments, which should have us choking up, seemed hurried and shot from the wrong angles.
September 08, 2008
"The only thing astounding about this movie is how bad it is."
November 21, 2007
Exuberantly bad and strenuously preposterous.
May 08, 2008
Someone in Hollywood must have it in for Thanksgiving. How else to explain the cruelly timed release of August Rush, a wretched confection that only the most determined will be able to count among their blessings?
November 22, 2007
This inspirational drama gets three stars for oddity value alone.
May 01, 2008
While many films require a suspension of disbelief, August Rush asks viewers to terminate their disbelief without severance and have security escort it from the building.
December 28, 2010
Essentially an extended music video, and with about as much narrative weight, August Rush is empty, flat, and pointless.
December 01, 2007
However predictable, a good ol' fashioned happy ending is always welcome. But bring a box of tissues: A good cry is to be expected as well.
