August Rush - should have been called August Gush

Rating: 3/10 (17 March 2008)

The film starts well and builds a story about a young boy living in an orphanage and on a mission to find his parents.
The story centers on the main character's (Evan Taylor) musical prodigy and a fairly consistent theme of blind hope that it will assist him in finding his parents. Unfortunately after a promising start showing the interaction and tensions of orphanage life for the strangely talented youngster the whole plot descends into insulting implausibility and effusive schmaltz - even my wife couldn't bear it.
The youngster while on his mission to find his parents pulls off ever more unbelievable musical feats and of course we discover his parents are either already those affluent nice people, or the sort that can mutate from rough musicians to chauffeur driven businessmen at whim. A great idea, reasonable cast, terrible plot development, cloying schmaltz and very predictable ending.