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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

August Rush (2007)


A drama directed by Kirsten Sheridan, starring Robin Williams.
A woman meets a man on the rooftop of a party. They have sex that night and conceive a child. They are separated due to circumstances beyond their control and the woman gives the son over to foster care. The son runs away to New York City, where he is found by a man who keeps musically gifted children in his warehouse and makes them busk on the street. He then escapes from child slavery to be taken in by a pastor, who enrolls him in music school. Meanwhile, the mother and father's lives take them to New York City and all 3 paths converge at the son's concert.
The plot was definitely over-complicated. All of the son's "learning music" scenes show him getting far too good far too quickly. I guess they did it to save time, but in order to get this child to Juilliard by the age of 12? In what world is that realistic? I'm rating this adequate because there was some entertainment value and the production value was amazing.

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