Amadeus + Oliver + Mr. Holland's Opus = August Rush

Rating: 6/10 (14 March 2008)

While I found the idea of a "modern day Amadeus" quite intriguing, I felt like this was trying to be too many movies at once. You have the Amadeus story, the Oliver Twist story, and then the Mr. Holland's Opus ending. I felt a little overwhelmed with clichés here.
It wasn't a terrible movie, but it wasn't a great movie either. It was a pleasant distraction from reality.
The little girl soloist was just about the cutest person I have seen in a movie in quite some time! :) Freddie Highmore is quite the young actor as well -- he's been keeping quite busy and I feel like he's in every "cute" movie I see these days.
The score by Mark Mancina (with a dash of Hans Zimmer) fit the movie well.