I know a lot of critics thought this movie sucks, but I beg to differ. I love it. First of all, August Rush is all about the music and the movie delivered. The music is amazing and the cinematography just fits perfectly. The plot was just simple. It’s about an orphaned boy, Evan Taylor a.k.a August Rush (Freddie Highmore), who uses music as a way of finding his parents. Both of his parents are musicians. His mother, Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell), a young cellist and his father, Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an Irish rock star met at a party one night and fell in love. But Lyla’s music career was on the rise, so her father forbade her to see Louis. Lyla got pregnant from that chance encounter with Louis. But she got into an accident. Her father told her that her baby died, but not until her dad’s death bed did she found out that her father gave her baby up for adoption.

The movie is all of their journey in finding one another. It is a little far fetched, I admit…okay a lot. But I think that’s the point of the movie, it’s like a modern musical fairy tale set in New York.

Here is the movie’s soundtrack:

1. Main Title - Mark Mancina
2. Bach / Break - Steve Erdody and Jonathan Rhys Meyers
3. Moondance - Featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers
4. This Time - Jonathan Rhys Meyers
5. Bari Improv - Kaki King
6. Ritual Dance - Kaki King
7. Raise It Up - Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theater
8. Dueling Guitars - Heitor Pereira and Doug Smith
9. Elgar / Something Inside - Steve Erdody and Jonathan Rhys Meyers
10. August’s Rhapsody - Featuring Freddie Highmore - Mark Mancina
11. Someday - John Legend
12. King Of The Earth - John Ondrasik
13. God Bless The Child - Chris Botti and Paula Cole
14. La Bamba - Leon Thomas III
15. Moondance - Chris Botti

This is the trailer:

Genre: Drama / Music
Tagline: An incredible journey moving at the speed of sound
Cast:

Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor - ‘August Rush’
Keri Russell as Lyla Novacek
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Louis Connelly
Terrence Howard as Richard Jeffries
Robin Williams as Maxwell ‘Wizard’ Wallace

Buy the DVD: August Rush DVD

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