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LOST BOYS Freddie Highmore is an orphaned musical prodigy who meets up with a Fagin-like character (Robin Williams) on the hunt for his parents in August Rush
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Release Date: Nov 21, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 112 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russell
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
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+
Posted Nov 21, 2007
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- DVD Review August Rush (Mar 11, 2008) | Kerrie Mitchell
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- Movie Commentary We compare ''October Road'' and ''August Rush'' (Nov 21, 2007) | Lindsay Soll, Youyoung Lee
- Movie Review The Children of Huang Shi (May 23, 2008) | Owen Gleiberman
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