Freddie Highmore, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers (June 21, 2008)
A charming little fairy tale about a boy's search for his parents, using music to find them. Evan Taylor has been brought up in a Home For Boys, but was convinced that his parents would come and find him one day. He runs away to New York and his musical education begins. He is taken in by a Fagin-like character, played by Robin Williams, who advises Evan, re-names him August Rush, and tries to take advantage of his amazing musical ability.
Through flashbacks we learn who Evan's parents really were and what happened to them. Why did this lovable little boy end up panhandling on the street, then studying at Juiliard?
The music is great, the story is told with love and care. It would be so easy to overplay this sort of story, but, the cast and crew do everything right. I walked into this film without too much fore-knowledge of it. I knew that my favourite film critic, Roger Ebert said it was good, and that was about that. I dislike Robin Williams, but he's fine here. I dislike children in movies generally, but Highmore and the other children are fine. Everything just works.
Definitely worth watching, either on the big screen or on dvd, if your sound system is good. I loved it!
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