Film Critique Rough Draft on the Movie “August Rush”

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Film Critique Rough Draft on the Movie “August Rush”

Introduction

August Rush is founded around Evan Taylor, a toddler who was put in care soon following his birth devoid of his mother’s consent or knowledge. Evan is the ordinary unwanted and overlooked baby of the system, with the exception of his extraordinary penchant for sounds and noises of the world about him imply that he is prominent in relation to the rest of the crowd to an extent. At the age of ten years, Evan absconds to pursue music in the hunt for his original parents who he does not doubt that are living and craving for him.

Storytelling 

The plot is unsophisticated, while the power of this film is not the story. It is the depiction of a lad who has an obsession for two things, namely music and searching for his parents. In the hustle and bustle of daily life, humanity is bound to forget the true essential issues of life, such as family and love (Edelstein, 2009). The film August Rush produced in 2007, reminds humanity of these fundamentals. Living at a lad’s home, several people around him demonstrate an attitude of desperation in regard to their parents. However, this is not the case with Evan. He is persuaded that he can hear them by means of music in his mind. He flees the home and drifts into the Big Apple, to begin his expedition for his parents. His expedition causes him to come across a peculiar cast of characters. However with every person he comes across he is granted another musical skill as well as a teaching on life.

Acting, Editing, Sound, Style and Directing 

Throughout the movie, flashbacks are portrayed with his parents Louis acted by Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Lyla acted by Keri Russell. The conception of Evan happened as a result of a chance meeting between the two lovers, one was a rocker, while the other was a well-known cellist. The two do not discern Evan’s existence owing to a series of ill-fated occurrences; however, both discern that something is mislaid in their lives.

Every one of these actors ought to be applauded for their stellar presentations. An actor such as Highmore has a gift that most of the artists thrice his age do not enjoy. Meyers and Russell perform a brilliant work in the supporting roles as Evan’s parents. Particularly, Russell excels in her performance with a great deal of emotional depth that the audience identifies with the long lost parent. Robin Williams in his role as an overlord of the destitute children, once more excels as the film’s villain. The film would not have been reasonably collaborated were it not for the camera angles as well as directing (Klinger, 2011).

Cinematography and Genre

The cinematography makes the audiences identify with the experiences of Evan. The score that reoccurred, and uncomplicated to the ears, greatly compliments the cinematography. The genre of this movie revolves around music, romance and drama. Although this might be the director’s (Kirsten Sheridan) first major movie she verifies that she is currently a contender in the directing business. This movie is a worthy the watch, for every age group. Even the audiences with the hard hearts would be sensitively invested in this movie as well as the youthful protagonist (Bordwell, 2008).

References

Bordwell, D. (2008). Making Meaning: Rhetoric & Inference on the Construal of Cinema,

San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.

Edelstein, A. (2009). Comparative Communication Studies, Beverley Hills: Sage.

Klinger, B. (2011). Detours at the Cinema: Reception & Mass Culture, Cinema

Journal, 21 (3), 10 – 15.