This is not a film where common sense or logic need to prevail rather, this is a place to reflect on the ethereal qualities of music, the silent and mutual attraction of souls destined to be together, and a mother's determined search for the son she never knew. Evan is a child prodigy on par with Mozart in his ability to play and compose music, and just when the time is right Lyla and Louis follow their hearts, then their instincts and finally the music to arrive at the happy ending in Central Park.Īs a package, it is almost impossible not to fall in love with the film's simple intentions and trust in pure innocence. By now Lyla is frantically looking for Evan thanks to her father's death bed confession, and Louis is desperately searching for Layla.ĭirected by Kirsten Sheridan (daughter of Jim), August Rush is a sweet story, unapologetically borrowing elements from Oliver Twist, and bathed in the soft light of eternal optimism. He renames the boy August Rush to make him more difficult to find. Evan demonstrates incredible ability with the guitar, and The Wizard starts to imagine the riches that can come his way. He falls in with a group of street musicians controlled and exploited by Maxwell "The Wizard" Wallace (Robin Williams). Evan has music in his blood, and finds musical inspiration in all the sounds that surround him. Lyla is a music teacher in Chicago, and Louis is a businessman in San Francisco. Both Layla and Louis are miserable without each other, and abandon their musical dreams.Įleven years later their son Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) drifts away from a boys' shelter where he has spent his life and finds his way to Manhattan. When Layla awakens, she is told that the baby died. Months later, an accident leaves Layla unconscious, the baby boy is delivered, and her father (William Sadler) hands him to social services. Fate keeps them apart, but Lyla is pregnant. They meet at a party, it's love at first sight, they spend one night together and then separate. In New York City of 1995, Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) is a cellist and Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the lead singer in an Irish rock band.
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