2007 · family · drama · music
August Rush
Directed by Kirsten Sheridan1h 54m2007
Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater. After discovering his talent, the Wizard gives Evan the name "August Rush" and devises a plan to profit from his talent. Little does Evan know that his parents, Lyla and Louis, are searching for him too.
Our read: August Rush (2007) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded family · drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle family / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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