Information for Parents

August Rush

August Rush

Common Sense Media Age 9

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
For the most part, everyone behaves out of the goodness of their heart, though Lyla's father seems cold-hearted, and Wizard is a little creepy and cruel.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Two brothers argue and lunge at each other; a man yells at children, flashes a knife, and commands them to keep working for him -- later, he chases down Evan; cops raid a dilapidated theatre to find runaway kids; bullies at a boy's home taunt a much younger boy; a father and daughter scream at each other.
Sex
A couple kisses, in close up, and spends the night together (they're shown fully clothed the next morning, cuddling); another couple kisses on a stairwell.
Language
The occasional "damn" and "pissed" and one "screw you."
Consumerism
Shots of signs for the concert venue (Irving Plaza); mentions of Juilliard, the New York Symphony Orchestra, and the Sherry-Netherland.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Some drinking in bars and social situations.
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