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August Rush Reaction Paper A u g u s t Ru s h i s t h e t y p e o f m o v i e t h a t e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y b e l i e v e s i n its characters and its story that it asks any kind of doubt not only b e m e re l y s u s p e n d e d , b u t e x p e l l e d i n t o s t u p o r. T h e r e e x i s t s s u c h a t h i n g a s g o o d romanticism and bad sentimentality and if it is said that good sentimentality depends on having its heart in the right place, the movie boldly takes that idea l i t e r a l l y a n d s e t s i t s e l f t o t h e v e r y t h i n g o u r h e a r t b e a t c o n s t a n t l y , n a t u r a l l y dictates: music. "I believe in, music the way some people believe in fairy tales,"the hero says in the opening and this story is a real fairy tale for music lovers.Obviously, not all music lovers may have the musical prodigy's talent of orphan Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore), but they will relate to his fundamentalconviction that music will always be heard by someone. In Evan's case, it is that his biological parents who were also musicians will hear him if he plays and he will be reunited with them through the power of music. That is also just how his parents, Lyla (Keri Russell) and Louis (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) met and fell in love at first sight. Things fell apart after they were, together for only one night, however, as we see Lyla's father, Thorna s (VIilliam Sadler) forcing his will upon her to go to Juilliard and concentrate on becoming a professional cellist. Then, of course, she is pregnant after that brief encounter with Louis, who is a lead rock guitarist and singer or a small band, and Thomas says that she must give the baby up. After an ensuing fight with her father, she gets hit by a car and is told that the baby died,though in reality, Thomas gave Evan up for adoption in order to keep her focused on her career. T h e m o v i e ' s f i r s t a c t c u t s b a c k b e t w e e n E v a n a s a n 1 1 - y e a r o l d b o y ostracized by his peers for his belief in music and Lyla and Louis' bitter sweet encounter until Evan decides to run away to New York City and really find hisparents. Following wherever he hears any kind of a beat, he soon runs into a young street musician, Arthur (Leon G.,Thomas) in Central Park. It turns out that A r t h u r i s o n e o f a g ro u p o f

r u n a w a y s re c r u i t e d b y M a x Wa l l a c e a k a W i z a r d (Robin Williams) to perform in various street corners to earn him money. Afterseeing that Evan is, a natural music prodigy, Wizard gives hint a new name, August Rush, thus beginning his journey to New Yorks most prestigious musicschool to reuniting with his parent with the power of music.

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