SummaryA charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, orphaned by circumstance. Years later, performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger who gives him the name August ... Read More
Directed By:Kirsten Sheridan
Written By:Nick Castle, James V. Hart, Paul Castro
August Rush
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
38
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
37% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
48% Negative
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
75
I'd rather August Rush went the whole way than just be lukewarm about it. Yes, some older viewers will groan, but I think up to a certain age, kids will buy it, and in imagining their response, I enjoyed my own.
60
Acclimate yourself to the frenzied vibe, and you'll feel the movie grow into itself as an urban fairy tale whose rapturous finale stakes a wishful claim on the redemptive power of love and art.
User score
Generally Favorable
62% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
26% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
13% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Jan 20, 2026
10
I loved this so much that I even bought the OST CD and stayed obsessed with it for a long while. I wonder if I still have it somewhere?241113 (5.0)I watched this in the theater back in 2007, and it was a complete and utter obsession. A 5.0 rating barely covers how much this film resonated with me; the music was so integral to the experience that I went out and bought the physical soundtrack CD just to keep that world alive. It’s one of those rare cinematic experiences where the sound and the story merge into something unforgettable. Even years later, the memory of that soundtrack brings back the specific magic of that theater visit. It makes me wonder if that CD is still tucked away in a box somewhere—a tangible relic of a time when a single movie could completely take over my life.
Oct 15, 2024
10
This is a heartwarming cute movie it made me happy there a scene like love this so adorable it made me happy at then end i recommend to watch this.
50
The dialogue is dippy. And there's no real suspense: The filmmakers are so deadly earnest about the power of music and love and all that stuff, you just twiddle your thumbs waiting for the inevitable.
40
August Rush is a rather prosaic, oddly anxious, contemporary take on Dickens' Oliver Twist, with Williams – in nasty-man twee mode, a newish one for him – thrown in for bad measure.
38
This is the sort of movie that requires you not only to suspend disbelief, but to check your sanity at the ticket counter.
30
Williams's overacting, Russell's pinched melancholy, and Highmore's unflagging chirpiness would be trying enough on their own, but the convoluted story, with its pileup of obstacles and coincidences, makes this sophomore effort by director Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs) an exercise in dissonance.
25
August Rush isn't just a bad movie - it's an aggressively bad movie.
Jul 25, 2024
10
I watch thousands of movies, but this is my favorite of-all-time. It is an incredible, beautiful story about the force of music, frequencies, and true love—true love never dies.
Feb 6, 2015
5
I liked the movie up until the end. No explanation about ANYTHING. It just ended.. CRAPPY ending. I can't bring myself to watch it again because the ending is just painful to watch.
Feb 13, 2024
1
No part of this movie feels genuine, except that this is genuinely awful. The music in the movie is either bad, fake or doesn't fit the character. The band the dad is in feels like it is trying to be pop-punk ska and heartfelt sad girl music, but it ends up feeling like Christian rock made by a divorced dad or just a shojo intro thirty years ago. It feels like the person who made it doesn't understand anything about how universities, music, or just guitars work. Anytime they talk about music it feels like a doctor who trying to sound smart (which isn't a bad thing if it's been played for jokes but this is taken completely straight.) All the characters are completely insufferable. (I also refuse to learn the names of the characters) Robin Williams despite being a great actor feels very rehearsed and mean. Not in a hateable way or in a snarky way just in a petty and insufferable way. I refuse to believe any of the celebrity actors deserved these embarrassing roles. I would rather hear a symphony of dying elephants (actually play with the rest of my band class) than watch this embarrassing corporate slop. I feel like I have aged after watching this.
Feb 18, 2019
1
The movie adores the character of August Rush, who is seemingly flawless, but it fails to give good reason for his flawless nature or how everything around him goes so smoothly when it really shouldn't. Plot aside, a lot of reused techniques are in this movie, and while there's a lot of them none of them are executed all that well.
Production Company:
- Warner Bros.
- Southpaw Entertainment (I)
- CJ Entertainment
Release Date:Nov 21, 2007
Duration:1 h 54 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:An incredible journey moving at the speed of sound
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
