bwhahah! My most recent movie review!
August RushI thought the mix and the different contrasts of the music was wonderful. I really mostly did enjoy the music in this movie, but there were so many things that annoyed me from a musicians point of view, aswell as a movie critic. First of all, if Keri Russel were a really an experienced cellist then she would have had her damn bow tighter!
I thought Freddie Highmore was well cast as Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russels son, but I found his performance disappointing......He could have at least learnt some guitar to make some of the scenes more realistic
aswell as not trying to force that damn smile .
All in all though I found this movie quite cheesy; an orphan runs away to the city looking for his parents, only to come across child street performers who of course help him out in every way which in turn gives him a one way free ticket to Juilliard where of course. They want to showcase him, which then means OH YES, his parents find him and they all live happily ever after
.....I'd watch it again just to see Jonathan Rhys Meyers sing(I was really impressed with that!), but if you're not the happily ever after type(such as myself!), then just find the soundtrack and bother with the movie only when you want to.
/rant