Music connects everyone. It does, doesn’t it?

August Rush

I’ve heard about this show for quite a while. First saw the trailer on Apple, later saw a flood of MSN personal messages claiming it’s the best film people ever watched, and finally I managed to catch it today on DVD. Verdict? Great, but not that great!

The story about an orphan, Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) who believed he could listen to the music that connected him and his parents. He started his lone journey from the orphanage to New York City. Unfortunately, he got picked up by Wizard who kind of cheat of a bunch of kids street performer.  Perhaps the only thing that was good about the meet up, was that Evan was given the name August Rush.

August, in fact, was a child prodigy. Luckily, he was picked up by the church and sent to school. Compose his very own rhapsody and was picked to be presented in the school annual concert. His parent, Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Lyla (Keri Russell) both being talented musician as they were, was having rough time of their own. Again, it was the process, twists and turns that finally brought all of them together at that very night that counts for a movie.

If you check on the response on Wikipedia, I’d agree that it’s not a show for everyone. It’s pretty bland minus all the music.  Though it was really enjoyable for me, I still think it may only worth 5.0 in the scale. Yet, it’s definitely a nice catch!