Highmore the star as August Rush hits all the right notes

Rating: 8/10 (21 August 2014)

The likable cast is headed by Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers with more than solid support from Robin Williams, Terrence Howard and Leon Thomas III.
Deciding to run away to New York City, musical prodigy Evan Taylor (Highmore) begins to unravel the mystery of who he is. All while Evan Taylor's mother (Russell) is searching for him while his father (Rhys Meyers) is searching for her.
It's melodramatic, predictable and it's drenched in over sentimentality, but I enjoyed a lot of it.
All the lead characters seem nice people to hang out with and I can't praise the cast enough of this movie enough here.
Russell tugs on the heart strings as the mother searching for her son, you feel the pain of Rhys Meyers the Irish rocker searching for his lost love. Robin Williams is like a drugstore cowboy Fagan.Then there is little Freddie Highmore He is always reliable, he broke my heart in 'Finding Neverland' but here he is truly awesome. There is just something about his eyes that leg you see into his soul!! In the hands of a lesser actor the movie would not work half as well. He should have one hell of a future as an actor. His early scenes with Williams are a joy.
I'm surprised this was reviewed as negative as it was by critics as the cast do a superb job and that more than makes up for the movies few short comings.