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Article: Russell sells cheesy concept in 'August Rush'
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- Maryland Gazette
- Article date:
- November 24, 2007
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In literature they call it "magical realism," that emotional
blurring of the real with the surreal.
In the movies we call it "manipulation" and "contrivance."
But for all its patently absurd situations, its occasionally
cloying characters and its naked tugs at the old heartstrings,
"August Rush" still finds a way, every so often, of dropping a lump
into your throat.
It is "Oliver Twist" meets "Fame," this story of an orphan boy
who knows he can find his parents if he can play a song that tells
them he's here. First, of course, he's got to meet The Artful Dodger
and learn the guitar, then go to Julliard and land a big concert in
Central Park.
But magical things happen to Evan (Freddie ...