This one has nothing extraordinary about it to compensate for seven years' staleness.
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12/01/08
August (2008)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:9
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Josh Hartnett puts in a well-intentioned performance but overall, August only superficially explores its dotcom-burst setting.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Josh Hartnett (30 Days of Night) stars in this drama from XX/XY director Austin Chick. Tom Sterling (Hartnett) finds that all aspects of his life are failing at once: he can't keep a romance with... [More]
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney
Director: Austin Chick
Reviews for August
August is a brooding, boring indie drama about the death of the culture-wide hallucination that was the dot-com bubble, and the moment when countless dot-com millionaires on paper became real-life paupers.
07/10/08
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04/29/09
Has a gritty, edgy look and it helps propel the audience along with Tom as he rides the edge of the dot com bust.
01/22/08
The worthwhile attempts at creating realistic character dynamics and situations within a very specific era in New York is notable for sure.
01/24/08
Rodman's potentially intriguing idea about the 2001 crash of the dot-com biz just months before 9/11 is poorly executed by helmer Chick (XX/XY), who doesn't take full advantage of his star cast, headed by Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris and David Bowie.
07/07/08
A movie that makes a good initial public offering.
10/18/08
Anyone who thinks that Josh Hartnett isn't a true movie star should see his riveting, high-wire performance in August, a shrewdly dramatized look back at the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
07/16/08
August doesn’t make a lot of sense nor does it seem to have a message or point.
01/22/08
all gloss and pizzazz but mostly pizz and no azz.
07/10/08
The actors are not well supported by Howard A. Rodman's self-satisfied script, which would rather tell than show, relying at several points on long, smug speeches that bring the narrative to a grinding halt.
01/30/08
Top CriticMerely serves to watch a company's ashes fall without really considering what started the fire.
07/10/08
If you want to see ignorant self destruction, see Troy Duffy in "Overnight" and forget this film---the worst mistake Josh Hartnett has made in his career.
07/27/08
...the picture ... provides Josh Hartnett with one of his most interesting roles, and it elicits one of his sharpest performances.
07/14/08
There's not much to it, but Austin Chick's hyper-focused indie does serve as a nicely assured showcase for lead Josh Hartnett.
07/11/08
The direction by somebody called Austin Chick gives the appearance of being phoned in from an Internet bar in another town.
07/02/08
Only an amusing cameo by David Bowie enlivens things, but he's onscreen for just about two minutes at the end.
07/11/08
Has a dark desperation that’s morbidly compelling. But the movie’s amoral momentum is fatally slowed by an acronym-heavy script and flimsy characterizations that offer fine actors...little to play.
07/11/08
Top CriticA procession of anger mismanagement protagonist episodes of rude behavior with assorted unbelievably receptive babes, and a glutton-for-punishment old flame (Naomie Harris) whom he manages to re-con into bed, before she wises up all over again.
07/07/08
Smartly scripted, convincingly atmospheric morality fable in which Hartnett, usually insubstantial as a good guy, plays a convincingly flawed character galloping toward the precipice.
07/14/08
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August 16, 2008:
A procession of anger mismanagement protagonist episodes of rude behavior with assorted unbelievably receptive babes, and a glutton-for-punishment old flame (Naomie Harris) whom he manages to re-con into bed, before she wises up all over again. 
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July 07, 2008:
A procession of anger mismanagement protagonist episodes of rude behavior with assorted unbelievably receptive babes, and a glutton-for-punishment old flame (Naomie Harris) whom he manages to re-con into bed, before she wises up all over again.
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May 25, 2008:
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