Fresh
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.
Jennifer Preyss, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August Rush
An incredible journey moving at the speed of sound.
2007 · 1h 54m · PG
Drama, Family, Music
Directed by
Kirsten Sheridan
Overview
Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.
Director and cast
- Kirsten Sheridan Director
- Freddie Highmore as August Rush
- Keri Russell as Lyla Novacek
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Louis Connelly
- Terrence Howard as Richard Jeffries
- William Sadler as Thomas Novacek
- Robin Williams as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
- Marian Seldes as Dekan
- Leon Thomas III as Arthur
- Aaron Staton as Nick
- Alex O'Loughlin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even the final few moments, which should have us choking up, seemed hurried and shot from the wrong angles.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
This inspirational drama gets three stars for oddity value alone.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
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.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rotten
Exuberantly bad and strenuously preposterous.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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