He soon runs away and eventually meets Wizard, and he winds up playing music in a church and is “discovered” as a musical genius. Some of the children haze young August a bit because of his hope in finding his birth parents. Life in an orphanage is depicted in this story and young August is believed to be an orphan. Robin Williams is also quite good as Wizard, the Fagin of his day, as there are a couple of similarities between this story and “Oliver Twist”. He knows in his heart they are still alive.įreddie Highmore gives an outstanding performance, as do Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Separated from his parents at birth, due to some circumstantial situations which are explained in the film, the young boy at age twelve desperately wants to find his mother and father. The premise of the story is the birth of a child prodigy, whose obvious musical talents begin to shine to all those around him, including those who would help him and one who would exploit him for gain. If the viewer followed the journey from beginning to end, he/she wouldn’t be disappointed with how it is wrapped up. It is an emotional ride which leads to a fantastic conclusion. If any young parentless child were to take "August Rush" seriously, he or she would almost certainly wind up deluded by the most unlikely of dreams, and making a terrible racket, besides.This story left just about everyone who screened it with a lump in our throats. The lesson of such triteness, though, is possibly dangerous. Eventually, his gift for music leads him to bigger stages and the chance for a family reunion. Rush soon falls in with Wizard and proves to be a music prodigy, beginning with playing guitar in a strange banging fashion that (impossibly) produces refined sounds. Evan (Highmore), a foundling musical prodigy, sets off to locate his parents (Rhys Meyers and Russell). Dressed like Bono and working as what amounts to a pimp for child street musicians, Williams' wacky and creepy character is his biggest misstep since putting on a clown nose for "Patch Adams." Illogical circumstances and an absurdly overbearing father lead her to think the baby was lost during birth, so just over a decade later, she and her past lover are living lonely, separate lives.Ģ Really, all you really need to know about "August Rush" is that Robin Williams plays a street musician named Wizard. A case in point: August Rush is a perfectly acceptable modern fairy tale about an orphaned young boy (Charlie and the Chocolate Factorys Freddie Highmore) who.
It leads to a single night of romance for these two: one a classical cellist, the other an Irish rocker (you can guess who's who).įate keeps the couple from meeting again, though Russell's character ends up pregnant. His mother (Keri Russell) and father (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) met on one fateful evening 12 years earlier when they were both drawn to a lone street musician playing Van Morrison's "Moondance" at the arch in New York's Washington Square Park. Meanwhile, interspersed flashbacks fill in his parents' story. But the primary theme is Music as a healing force in the Universe that draws us all together. He sneaks from his orphanage, where social worker Richard Jeffries (Terrence Howard) is hoping to place him with a family, to New York City, where he soon picks up the name August Rush. 'August Rush' is sort of a feel good, modern day fairy tale involving a parent/child separation and a boy's unrelenting search to be reunited with his parents.
AUGUST RUSH (2007) FREDDIE HIGHMORE KIRSTEN SHERIDAN (DIR) ENTERTAINMENT. Wide-eyed and impossibly innocent, this bite-sized Mozart embarks on a journey to find his parents with messianic certainty. FREDDIE HIGHMORE, AUGUST RUSH, 2007, Stock Photo Original Film Title: AUGUST RUSH. "Enchanted" Is Fairy Tale Fun > Terror In "The Mist" Bob Dylan's Many Faces "Margot" Has A Mean Streak "August Rush" Hits A Low Note Wonderfully rewarding urban fairy tale about a 12-year-old prodigy (the marvelous Freddie Highmore) who heads to New York City. Without any tangible evidence, our protagonist senses his parents are still alive and that he just needs to make music loud enough so they can hear him (sort of like the ethos behind a Coldplay album). 'August Rush' tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New Yorks Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. "August Rush" thus proceeds in fairy-tale fashion, though it's more unrealistic than surrealistic.
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