Movie Review

August Rush (2007)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 21, 2007

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

D+

Details Release Date: Nov 21, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 112 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russell

$RUSH WEAK Freddie Highmore and Robin Williams can\'t find a harmonic convergence in August Rush\'s pff-key tale of a musical... August Rush, Freddie Highmore, ...$

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RUSH WEAK Freddie Highmore and Robin Williams can't find a harmonic convergence in August Rush's pff-key tale of a musical prodigy seeking his lost parents

Freddie Highmore plays the title role in August Rush, a modern-day Oliver Twist with mystical musical abilities. Robin Williams (yes, I'm afraid so) plays a kind of Manhattan-based Fagin with a touch of Midnight Cowboy to his wardrobe. And ants will play havoc in any cynic's pants as this loopy, goopy fairy tale about a kid looking for his parents oozes to its predictable finish. As August's kin and airy artists themselves, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers cast their eyes to heaven, saintlike, as they pretend to make music. D+

Originally posted Nov 21, 2007 Published in issue #966-967 Nov 30, 2007 Order article reprints

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