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Article: August Rush
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- The Stranger
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- November 22, 2007
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August Rush
dir. Kirsten Sheridan
America loves little boys. Remember when everyone creamed their pants over that Billy Elliot movie? "He wants to be a dancer! Whee!"
With that rule, August Rush (by Disco Pigs director Kirsten Sheridan) should do really well in theaters. But no one is going to see it. Robin Williams is in it. And nobody feels strongly enough about the gorgeous and not-at-all-offensive Keri Russell or her costars Terrence Howard and Jonathan Rhys Meyers to go see a movie based on their involvement alone.
That's sad. Because despite the fact that the plot is goofy and rife with romantic improbabilities, and despite the fact that the script is loaded with cheesy moments like, ...