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August Rush
from Warner Home Video
starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams
directed by Kirsten Sheridan

Features:

• AC-3
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Same Note Sammy
  I'd have enjoyed this movie more if... well, if it had been better! I was expecting a serious movie and was dealt a Dickensian, Hollywood fairy-tale where actors are merely props for the movie's symbolism: Keri Russell is sublime and disciplined classical music and Jonathan Rhys Meyers is hip and emotional Rock and Roll. A short-lived fling gives birth to Freddie Highmore, a super-gifted, musically inclined child who integrates both. Robin Williams plays an interesting character, the only complex one in the... more info

• Give me a break!!!
  All I can say after seeing this highly recommended movie is...Puhleeze!!! Nearly every movie has some unrealistic "hollywood" aspects to it that stretch believability, but I have never seen anything that quite compares to August Rush in this way. Keri Russell is not very believable as a renowned concert cellist in the first place. On top of that, when she is playing a concert at the beginning and end of the film, she somehow knows that her true love, Jonathan Rhys-meyers, is playing a rock concert somewhere... more info

• Wonderful movie
  This is a great "feel good" movie with wonderful music and acting. I saw it on NetFlix and had to own it.

• August Rush falls short
  I've seen great movies without a fraction of the potential storyline of this one. The idea for this movie was great! Unfortunately, this movie wasn't. In almost every aspect of the movie, I feel the final product fell way short. The story was developed very poorly, probably made worse by poor direction and bad editing. All I know is I didn't believe any of it. I didn't understand the notoriety surrounding the mother musician; her character was never developed so one could believe in her ability. They added... more info

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