Bruce Bennett has been the primary contributor to Mad About Movies since it began in 2003. He is an award winning film and theater critic who, since 2000, has been writing a weekly column in The Spectrum daily newspaper in southern Utah as well as serving as a contributing editor of “The Independent,” a monthly entertainment magazine. He is also the co-host of “Film Fanatics” a movie review show which earned a Telly in 2009. Bruce is also a featured contributor at: RottenTomatoes.com
His motto: "I see bad movies so you don't have to."“August Rush” a cacophony of coincidence and contrivance
The excellent actors and good music make you think the movie will get better as it progresses, but it never does. Still, an updated “Oliver”-type story that works so hard to pour on the sweet sentiment will win some fans. The artistic opposite of the similarly themed and deservedly extolled “Once.”
Grade: C
Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild violence and language.
