![]() They act as though the hands of fate have gripped them and they don’t want to accept anything less than what they know to be in their hearts. Keri Russell and Johnathan Rhys Meyers are very understated in their roles. Have you seen this everyman with a conscience? Everything Howard plays is “…with a conscience,” but when you got it, you got it. Terence Howard is once again fantastic as the social worker with a conscience. This is a kid that is only happy in the dream that his music will lead him to his parents, and as hard as I thought that would be to portray, he nails it. The emotions, high and low, Freddie portrays in the film are authentic and understated. There are several standout performances in this film, most noticeably is Highmore, who has been a positive presence in some good movies ( Finding Neverland) and some bad ones ( Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). This leads to another musical adventure…and so on. Eventually the Wizard reveals his true nature, but thanks to a suspicious child welfare worker (Howard) is forced to give August up. The reality of the situation grows apparent as the Wizard starts playing stingy with Rush’s appearances. But he ain’t happy either.īack to August, he has taken up guitar like a real natural, and thusly becomes a money-maker for Wizard, who befriends him, gives him his stage name and pretends to care about his dream of reuniting with his parents. ![]() His father (Johnathan Rhys Meyers) Louis Connelly quits his nondescript band, goes off to San Francisco, makes a bunch of money doing I am not sure what. This sets her off to a dreamless, listless life in Chicago, teaching others music, but avoiding performing herself. One night, will stand alone in the spotlight, in about 11 years. This created a hole in their lives, although not as big as the hole that is left when his mother, Lyla (Keri Russell) is hit by a car and her father (William Sadler) somewhat unbelievably uses the opportunity to get the kid shuffled off as an orphan. Running away from a home for boys where his dreams about meeting his parents through music make him an outcast, he ends up in New York, drawn to a little boy playing guitar on a street corner After using the last of his money to buy the boy a pizza, he ends up in the care of the Wizard, who is played by Robin Williams in the way I have often pictured him: somewhat comforting, somewhat disturbingly scary.Ī series of flashbacks show us how August’s musician parents met, fell in love (for a night) and were torn apart. This journey to he takes back to his parents leads him through much heartbreak and sorrow. From early in his life, August, played with blank-eyed wonder and sadness by Freddie Highmore, knew that there was something drawing him to the parents he never knew. Neither is aware of their familial connection, yet they do know that there is a connection. ![]() There is an amazing moment toward the end of August Rush, when our wayward protagonist, August Rush, plays a guitar duo with his father. Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terence Howard, Robin Williams ![]()
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