Going in to August Rush, you've got to be more than willing to accept fairy
tale magic; you've got to be looking to embrace it, with all of its whimsy and overzealous
sense of wonder. That way, the movie can be sweet as opposed to so precious you
feel the need to punt it through a window. It's a fine line, and August Rush is
balancing it the whole way through.
The story is a very free modern adaptation
of elements from Oliver Twist. We meet Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore), an
11-year-old who runs away from his orphanage rather than be placed with a
foster family. He has been told that his parents are still alive and were
musicians, and he believes that through the power of music he can find them
again…
Well, August
Rush DVD
box set tells us all about the magic of fate and coincidence, this
little boy's love of music comes from some sort of machinations of the gods:
His mother Lyla (Keri Russell) is a star concert cellist; his father Louis
(Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the guitarist and singer of a rock band. The two meet
by coincidence on a rooftop and share one perfect night of moonlight and music,
and are separated after. As August is looking for them, they are looking for
one another and him. It's a small world, really, that separates August from his
parents, but despite the number of coincidences and close calls that have
parents and child nearly meeting, it takes them a very, very long time to
actually get there.
If you find a story so heavy on the charm
appealing, though, then August Rush
delivers. If nothing else, August Rush is pleasant, so long as you don't go
looking for realism or practicality. In short, the August Rush is every bit as super sweet and precious as it sounds.
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