![]() Evan (Freddie Highmore, L) is taken under the wing of street-musician Wizard (Robin Williams) in “August Rush.” (MovieStillsDB) That leads him to street-musician Wizard (Robin Williams) who takes destitute kids under his wing, nurtures their musicality, but otherwise lives off their pickings from street performances. ![]() Meanwhile, Evan grows up a closeted musical prodigy, weathering soulless orphanages, before breaking loose to search for his parents. Louis, unaware that they have a child at all, takes up a corporate job, forgoing life in a band. Grief-stricken, and believing her dad’s lie that the baby had died, Lyla stops performing, preferring to teach instead. Lyla’s domineering dad, opposed to anything that distracts from her concert career, exploits her hospitalization following a road-accident, to palm baby Evan off to child services. Guitarist-singer Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Lyla (Keri Russell) meet and fall in love, in “August Rush.” (MovieStillsDB) ![]() But circumstance separates the three of them. She becomes pregnant with their child, who grows up to be Evan. Kirsten Sheridan’s film is about learning, loving, losing, searching for, and finding music, and through music, ourselves.Ĭoncert cellist Lyla (Keri Russell), and guitarist-singer Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) meet and fall in love, by pure chance. Only, he’s searching for what he knows is already his. In the background, he hears a flood of sound rushing toward him, all around him: beautiful notes, lovely chords. The open field he’s in is spread around him like a green ocean, its tall grass swirling around him like waves. He’s spinning slowly amid a gentle breeze, in rapture, anxious to shut out all his senses save one: his hearing. Evan is facing a sunny sky but his eyes are closed. … All you have to do is listen.” A young and gifted Evan aka August Rush (Freddie Highmore) hopes music will help him find his parents. Can you hear it? I can hear it, everywhere. The first sound you hear is the voice of protagonist, Evan (Freddie Highmore), “Listen. I’m sure the songs are good on their own, but you’ll have to watch the movie to get the right goose bumps.This film begins, fittingly enough, with sound rather than an image. Flawed or not, I think the sound track is the finest feature of the movie. I wish the DVD contained August’s special guitar lessons or something about the film’s sound-track. The DVD’s special features were the bare minimum of what any other DVD would have these days. Special features include a handful of deleted and altered scenes, including one that redeems Wizard’s (Robin Williams) character as a good guy. ![]() They also say that music is not something you simply enjoy with your ears ? you allow it to be the source of finding your identity. They talk about the underlying message of the movie ? that music is heard by everyone and through everything, if you listen. The “August Rush” DVD features commentaries by director Kirsten Sheridan and the cast. ![]() Regardless, the songs are too amazing to make me dislike the movie. Those scenes broke my mood of being dazzled by how much a young kid could play so magically. It’s not too hard to believe that August is gifted with musical talent since his mother Lyla (Keri Russell) is a concert cellist and his father Louie (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is an Irish pub rocker/guitarist.ĭespite all of the film’s enchanting music and August’s good looks, it fails to clarify certain messages.įor example, the movie focuses so intensely on August that it fails to answer how Lyla and Louie were attracted to one another by the song “Moon Dance.”Īnd it was annoying when I saw a pair of hands that were obviously much older than Augusts’ conspicuously shown whenever August played an instrument. This movie depicts the life of a child named August Rush (Freddie Highmore), originally Evan Taylor, who leaves his orphanage to New York City in search of his parents.Įvan has a strong conviction that his family reunion will happen through music. There are sentimental and tear-jerking moments flavored with songs like “Moon Dance” and “August’s Rhapsody.”Īnd a spark of excitement is found when the young August shows his hidden talent in any instrument he grabs when his friend plays “La Bamba” in the streets. If you are looking for a melodious movie, I highly recommend “August Rush.”īeautiful classics like Bach suddenly mix with an Irish rock song, and that’s only the start. August, right, and Louie in a guitar duel at a New York park. ![]()
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