Patch Adams (film)
1998
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Nov 20, 2007 · The movie, directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Nick Castle, James V. Hart and Paul Castro, pulls out all the stops, invents new ones and pulls them out too. But it has a light-footed, cheerful way about its contrivances, and Freddie Highmore ("Finding Neverland") is so open and winning that he makes August seem completely sincere.
Nov 21, 2007 · Rated: 1/5 May 1, 2008 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com August Rush benefits greatly from a delightful cast and John Mathieson's transcendent, fantasy-like camera work.
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- Kirsten Sheridan
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- Freddie Highmore
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 1, 2008. Its almost desperate earnestness actually turns out to be its greatest appeal -- August Rush does believe in fairy tales, it does it does it does ...
Our review: Parents say ( 8 ): Kids say ( 26 ): AUGUST RUSH proudly wears its heart on its sleeve. Despite the lows -- and there are lows -- you just know there will be a happy ending. Allegorical and not altogether literal, the movie is part musical and part fantasy, a combo that doesn't always quite mesh.
- Warner Bros.
- Kirsten Sheridan
Drama, Music. PG. 1h 54m. By Stephen Holden. Nov. 21, 2007. To describe “August Rush” as a piece of shameless hokum doesn’t quite do justice to the potentially shock-inducing sugar content ...
Nov 21, 2007 · August Rush: Directed by Kirsten Sheridan. With Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard. A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents.
Nov 7, 2007 · This review was written for the theatrical release of “August Rush.” Magical realism meets a modern-day Oliver Twist in “August Rush,” an often charming urban fantasy that teeters ...
