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I finally had the opportunity to sit down and watch the movie August Rush. I had wanted to see it ever since it came out in the theaters but prefer to just rent movies and watch them in the comfort of my own home, so I waited. The movie has a story line revolving around adoption and loss. I’m actually a little hesitant to use the word adoption because an adoption never actually occurs. The movie honestly reminds me of a modern day version of Annie. I must warn you some parts of this movie are pretty far fetched.
Keri Russell is the lead actress in the movie playing a talented musician named Lila. She meets another talented music, Lewis, played by actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Lewis and Lila have a passionate one night encounter which results in Lila becoming pregnant. Lila’s father isn’t happy about her pregnancy as he thinks it will ruin her career and all that “they” have worked for. In the middle of an argument with her father in a restaurant, Lila runs out only to be hit by a car. While recovering from her accident, Lila’s father gives the baby away and Lila wakes up assuming that the baby is dead and her father never tells her otherwise.
Then the movie fast forwards ten or so years and Lila is in a hospital room talking to her father. He’s the one in the hospital bed this time and I assume he is near death and getting things off his chest. He brings up the baby and begins to tell Lila that he did what he thought was best and that the baby would have ruined everything they worked so hard for. This is when Lila realizes the baby never died.
In the meantime, we have been introduced to Lila’s son, August Rush, who is played by Freddie Highmore. He was living in an orphanage but ran away in order to seek out music, which is what he thought would help him find his parents. He’s very determined that his birth parents are out there and that they love him and will want to be with him. After leaving the orphanage, he soon discovers that he is a brilliant and talented musician and composer.
Lila begins to look for her child while Lewis, whom I am assuming never knew that Lila was pregnant with his baby, crosses paths with August Rush. I don’t want to give too much more away in case you haven’t seen the movie yet, but there is a big finish; a happy Hollywood ending featuring lots of music.
Being a music lover, I really loved the music in this movie. The “adoption” story line didn’t upset me much as it does in other movies, however, I did continuously keep in mind how far fetched this story line was, but it is a movie after all.
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