August Rush benefits greatly from a delightful cast and John Mathieson's transcendent, fantasy-like camera work.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

Lay(s) on the saccharine schmaltz in broad, simplistic layers.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 6, 2019

A story that could steal the hearts of millions but fails in the attempt... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 15, 2018

| Original Score: B- | Feb 14, 2012

Essentially an extended music video, and with about as much narrative weight, August Rush is empty, flat, and pointless.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 28, 2010

A music box trying to pass itself off as an orchestra.

Full Review | May 5, 2010

A heartwarming fairy-tale that is undeniably sweet, even if it occasionally crosses over into sappiness.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 27, 2009

"The only thing astounding about this movie is how bad it is."

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 8, 2008

Someone in Hollywood must have it in for Thanksgiving. How else to explain the cruelly timed release of August Rush, a wretched confection that only the most determined will be able to count among their blessings?

| May 8, 2008

While many films require a suspension of disbelief, August Rush asks viewers to terminate their disbelief without severance and have security escort it from the building.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 1, 2008

Its almost desperate earnestness actually turns out to be its greatest appeal -- August Rush does believe in fairy tales, it does it does it does!

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 17, 2008

August Rush kind of feels like a 2-hour coming attractions preview. Lots of fragmented stuff happens, without ever connecting the dots in between.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 10, 2008

...warmly affecting at times and almost unbearably saccharine at others.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 10, 2008

It doesn't matter if you love music or inspirational stories or Robin Williams (anyone?) -- this is enough to make your teeth ache.

Full Review | Mar 6, 2008

More fable than film, there is no earthly reason why August Rush should work. But it does.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 28, 2008

It's far-fetched and a leap of faith of Olympic proportions is required to keep abreast of the plot, but August Rush does deliver some charming moments, largely due to charismatic performances from Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers

| Feb 14, 2008

Uplifting and heart warming, this is a perfect date movie.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 22, 2008

A lot like a conventional musical, but the story is not conventional, it is mystically romantic.

| Original Score: B | Jan 21, 2008

The excellent actors and good music make you think the movie will get better as it progresses, but it never does.

| Original Score: C | Jan 2, 2008

"August Rush" is a familiar, yet entertaining experience that works mostly because of the wonderful cast and the haunting mix of music.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 12, 2007