August Rush is still a month out, right? Though we will have to wait until late November to check out the film, there are others who have not only seen it, but they are raving about it.
Early Reports on August Rush
Somebody (cough, Warner Bros, cough) sent over a nice compilation of reviews for August Rush that have begun popping up around the net and they are curiously (very) positive.
Moving Pictures Magazine
If you've ever questioned the impact of music on emotion, August Rush is a must-see that will bury any doubt for all time. Featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as rock-star Louis and Keri Russell as New York Philharmonic cellist Layla, and starring Finding Neverland's heartbreak kid, Freddie Highmore, Rush delivers an experience that borders on the sublime and somewhat sentimental in a manner that rivals Neverland and would be reminiscent of Titanic if that ship had not sunk. A stirring performance here by Russell will definitely remind end-of-year voters of her work in Waitress and should serve to solidify her chances for an Oscar-nom.
Qporit August Rush is a great film about "the magic of music," one of the best films ever made about music; one of the best family films I've ever seen.
Musicians -- a young rock star and a brilliant young cellist -- meet by accident after their performances, while relaxing on a rooftop overlooking NY's arch; fall in love by starlight; then are dragged apart by their families. She is pregnant, and when her baby is born prematurely -- after she storms out of a restaurant meal with her controlling father... directly into the path of a car -- the baby boy is sent without her conscious recollection to an orphanage, and she is told he died. The boy grows up in an orphanage denying -- despite the taunts of the other boys -- that his parents are dead; and hearing music in his head that he knows will connect him back to his parents.
Screendaily August Rush opens as it means to continue – with a young boy up to his eyes in corn. But you have to hand it to director Kirsten Sheridan: the sheer dewy-eyed belief in miracles of this music-based fairy tale is persuasive, and those who are prepared to forgive the film its stock characters and lack of emotional subtlety may allow themselves to be ravished – by the sumptuous soundtrack, if nothing else.
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