loved the movie despite the flows

Rating: 9/10 (9 December 2007)

First of all, it is a fairytale, not a real dramatic story; something for Christmas, that adults -romantic ans sensitive ones, who enjoy music,- will have a good time with. the cast is beautiful, the music is a joy and there is the nice story about a boy looking for his parents through music. Even though the story is supposed to be sad and heart wrenching - it is not. Robin Williams is not "Feygin",and the young protégé is not "Oliver Twist". that's one of the reasons that you feel a bit remote and not involved in the story.(actually I felt bad for the boy who played Arthur, and was the favoured before "August Rush"). The part with the forged signature was completely unbelievable (we are talking 1995 here!), but - as I said, it is a fairytale about people in love, loving music, bringing to the world a wonderful child who makes them proud the moment they lay their eyes on him...are they not a bit like you and me, or who we would love to be?...