August Rush (2007)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:44
Rotten:72
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Though featuring a talented cast, August Rush cannot overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot.
Theatrical Release:23-11-2007
Synopsis: AUGUST RUSH is part romance, part gentle fantasy, but this sweet drama is all heart. When young cellist Lyla (Keri Russell) and rock musician Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) meet at a party in the mid... [More]
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Robin Williams, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Reviews for August Rush
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 8/10 |
Uplifting and heart warming, this is a perfect date movie. Full Review |
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 1/5 |
Nauseating drama with poor direction, dodgy performances and a sappy, cliche-laden script. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Watching this yucky emotional drama is like being sprayed with treacle from a high-pressure hose. Full Review |
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2/5 |
If you can stomach an ultra- contrived plot with a ridiculously schmaltzy finale, August Rush will be music to your ears. Full Review |
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1/5 |
A show-stopping compendium of clichés, bogus emotions, duff dialogue and cringeworthy performances. Yet it’s so naively idiotic that it’s hard to hate. Better just to ignore it. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Passionate about the importance of music, August Rush is an ambitious family film that just about keeps its head above the rising waters of gushing sentimentality. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Packing every cliché, coincidence and contrivance known to man (well, Hollywood screenwriters) into one glossy, saccharine, syrupy package takes some doing; but Highmore’s open-faced charm makes Evan’s sappy story tolerable. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Yes, August Rush is cheesy, almost embarrassingly so, but it's also irrepressibly sweet. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The film-makers ought to be reported to social services. Full Review |
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3/6 |
This inspirational drama gets three stars for oddity value alone. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Unapologetically preposterous, but it is a (very sweet) fairy tale and Highmore is captivating. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Fans of soppy movies will probably love it, but everyone else should steer clear. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
A heartwarming fairy-tale that is undeniably sweet, even if it occasionally crosses over into sappiness. Full Review |
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3/10 |
"The only thing astounding about this movie is how bad it is." Full Review |
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"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?" Full Review |
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1/5 |
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. Full Review |
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6/10 |
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! Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
August Rush kind of feels like a 2-hour coming attractions preview. Lots of fragmented stuff happens, without ever connecting the dots in between. Full Review |
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