In an attempt to find out his parents from whom he was separated upon his birth, August Rush, a young talented guitarist, who faces many challenges and obstacles throughout his life, the thing that makes him struggle, so he uses his music and performances in the streets to find them.
Even the final few moments, which should have us choking up, seemed hurried and shot from the wrong angles.
MSNBC
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.
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?
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.
Window to the Movies
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!
