Don’t rush to see August Rush

I’d read the reviews and hoped that somehow they were all wrong, that the movie August Rush wasn’t as bad as they said, that somehow if I just suspended all belief and reality it would be okay. Unfortunately, it doesn’t just require the viewer to suspend her belief it forces her to take that belief let it hang from a noose and swing and twist in the wind, occasionally allowing the belief to twitch and spasm as all the life is choked out of it.

Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing claims that it takes about 128 coincidences to keep this story going and unfortunately he’s right. Every good movie needs a hearty twist of fate to make you believe in miracles. But this one takes twists of fate and beats them into submission, which is a shame because the basis of the story is pretty good and could have made a decent movie if done right.

Robin Williams plays “Wizard” a bizarre character that is downright creepy and borders on perverted. Of course there is often a place for characters like this but in this case it’s just uncomfortable.

Of course to top it off there was a strange man in the movie theater (okay, not the fault of the movie but it definitely didn’t help things) who kept talking on his cell phone. It was the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen in a theater; I swear he was acting like he was just sitting at home watching the flick on his couch and talking on the phone. Although maybe it was so bad that he was positive he couldn’t have shelled out $8 for it and he really was at home watching it on DVD.

The most redeeming quality of this movie, aside from the decent soundtrack, is the inherent hotness of Jonathan Rhys Meyers who plays Louis Connelly the father of the musical prodigy August Rush. If you appreciate a healthy dose of eye candy, he’s your man. Otherwise, I recommend waiting until it comes out on DVD and either getting it through Netflix or at one of those 99 cent DVD machines at McDonalds.

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