TUGAS 3 : REVIEW FILM "AUGUST RUSH"

SINOPSIS :

In 1995, Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) is a cellist living under strict rule of her father (William Sadler). Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the lead singer of "The Connelly Brothers", an Irish rock band. Lyla and Louis meet and sleep together. The day after, they separate in a hurry, and are unable to maintain contact as Lyla leaves for Chicago. Lyla realizes she is pregnant. After an argument with her father, she is struck by a car. Due to the accident trauma, she gives birth prematurely, and her father secretly puts her son up for adoption, allowing her to believe that the baby died.

Eleven years later, Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) is living in a boys' orphanage outside New York City, where he meets Richard Jeffries (Terrence Howard), a social worker. Evan has the savant-like ability to hear music wherever he is. Convinced that his parents will find him, Evan runs away to New York City, "following the music" in the hope it will lead him to his family. He finds a boy named Arthur (Leon Thomas III) performing in Washington Square Park.

Louis lives in San Francisco, having left his band, while Lyla gave up performing and lives in Chicago. She is called to her father's deathbed and he admits that her child survived and is alive in New York. Lyla decides to abandon her father to his fate and moves to New York. Evan follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theater and is taken in by Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace (Robin Williams), a vagrant musician who teaches homeless children music and employs them as street performers. Evan tries playing Wizard's prize guitar and is so good that Wizard gives him the guitar and his old spot in Washington Square Park. He gives Evan the stage name "August Rush" and tries to market him to clubs. Seeing the posters that Jeffries has posted for the runaway Evan, Wizard destroys all the ones he finds, hoping to keep Evan and his gift for his own gain.

Louis decides to reconnect with Lyla and flies to Chicago to find her. Due to a misunderstanding, he ends up in New York, where he gets his band back together. The derelict theatre Wizard and his "children" are living in is raided by the police. After evading them, Evan (now "August") takes refuge in a church where a young girl, Hope (Jamia Simone Nash), introduces him to the piano and written music. He picks up this skill so quickly that Hope gets the attention of the parish pastor (Mykelti Williamson), who enrolls August at the Juilliard School. A rhapsody takes shape from August's notes and homework.

In New York, Lyla goes to Jeffries' office and Jeffries identifies Evan as her son. She takes up the cello again and accepts an offer to perform with the Philharmonic at a series of concerts in Central Park. August is selected to perform the rhapsody he's been composing at the same concert. Wizard intrudes during a rehearsal and, claiming to be his father, pulls August out of the school threatening August to tell the authorities about his true identity. On the day of the outdoor concert, August is forbidden by Wizard to attend. August meets Louis in the park and tells him of his dilemma and Louis encourages him to go. August leaves Wizard with help from Arthur, who also rebels, and flees to the concert.

Jeffries identifies August as Evan and heads for the concert. August arrives in time to conduct his rhapsody. Louis also arrives and reunites with Lyla, realizing she was playing at the concert. August finishes his rhapsody and smiles at Lyla and Louis, realizing that they are his parents.

Film ini menyuguhkan sajian irama musik yang begitu indah. Kejeniusan Evan (August Rush) dalam merangkai setiap suara yang dia dengar dari lingkungan sekitarnya menjadi irama yang begitu indah. Setiap desir angin, kepakan sayap burung, klakson mobil yang berlalu lalang di jalan raya dan suara lainnya mampu dia rangkai seperti imajinasinya, layaknya sang konduktor musik handal. Cara Evan memainkan gitar dengan cara yang berbeda membuat saya makin kagum dengan film ini. Di Film ini menggambarkan bahwa Evan dapat hidup dengan musik, musik bagaikan jiwa yang menyatu padanya. Melalui musik Evan berharap ditunjukkan jalan untuk bertemu kedua orang tuanya. 

Aktor yang saya suka dari film ini tentunya pemeran Evan Taylor atau Augush Rush (Freddie Highmore). Alasannya karena penampilannya dalam merangkai setiap suara yang ia dengar menjadi sebuah irama yang indah didengar sangat memukau. Saat Evan memaikan alat musik gitar, dan saat dia bernyanyi, begitu menikmati. Karena dalam perannya, Evan menginginkan untuk bertemu orang tuanya melalui musik.