How do you start a movie about an orphan boy who hopes to use music to find his parents even though He has never played an instrument in his life? In a field listening to the wind move the grass and all the surrounding sounds give this film its fairy tale feel, and completes it with a voice over from the Boy. This is a movie that takes into the past as well as the present as we follow our main character on his journey as well as what the story behind him is. How his parents met and what happened to them.
The Movie has a good plot line following August on his quest in New York City to find his parents using music. In true fairy tale Fashion his parents meet and have one amazing night together and they fall in love, but the girls father will not have it and they never see each other again. Leaving you wondering if by the powers of fate and they boy they do not know exists (as her father told her he died when he was born) bring them back together.
The actors all did an incredible job in this, we learn Rhys-Meyers is in fact a talented singer and guitar player. Freddie Highmore who was cast as August, reflects is great acting ability in this film making room for him to be an Oscar winner one day. Robin Williams gives a brilliantly terrifying performance as Wizard the villain of the film as the keeper of the homeless children he teaches to play music so that they can earn him money. His characters frightening ability to need to own August keeps you wondering what the outcome for August will be.
The film has a great soundtrack with some really good songs and instrumentals, adding just the right amount to then movie. My only disappointment was that I felt the ending was incomplete and that it seemed to be missing something.
All in all, this is a good film to see. It is family friendly and it keeps you wondering what will happen next.
Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild violence and language.
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