August Rush

Times Watched: 1
Watched With: Nobody @ Shaw Balestier (13/03)
Snacks: Ribena

wait.
did someone tell me this was a GREAT movie?
(this might be a bit confusing so try and keep up kiddies)

Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) is an abandoned orphan who "hears the music" that he believes will ultimately lead him to his parents.
Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) are musicians and also happen to be his parents (which explains the whole child musical prodigy thing) but things don't go so well because of Lyla's over-protective and intrusive father Thomas (William Sadler).

so Evan escapes from his orphanage to try and find his parents and he happens across a syndicate of kiddy-buskers which is led by 'Wizard' (Robin Williams superbly played) and it is here that he learns to develop his gift of music.
but 'Wizard' obviously has other plans for our boy here.

throw in child services worker Richard Jeffries (Terence Howard) who's trying to help all sides of the cube and you have for one helluba goose-chase.

i guess overall this is a heartwarming story about how a simple thing like music can connect so many people and even inspire love and warmth.

yeah sure it's a nice idea.
but it's hardly genius.

but yes the soundtrack was really really good i say.
a really eclectic genre-mix of some nice songs (there'd better be seeing as to how this is a movie about MUSIC like duh).

but overall.
i guess this movie wasn't that bad.
if you're looking for a heart-warming mush-fest then okay good.
but if not. then just buy the soundtrack instead.

and just a bit of trivia for you.
james morrison was considered for the part of Louis Connelly but turned it down (thank god he did that else i wouldn't have watched this)

and Robin Williams says he based his character of 'Wizard' on real-life rocker Bono (as obviously demonstrated in the pic below)

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