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August Reviews

2008

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"August" follows Tom Sterling as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend, Sarrah, regain control of his company from his apathetic investor Ogilvie, and deal with age-old .. Read more

Starring	Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Director	Austin Chick
Genres	Drama

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  Wall St for 2009
  
  Saw this in the US and thought this was great, Josh Hartnett gives an authentic performance as a young Gordon Gekko type dot com entrepreneur managing a company... read more »
  
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  - 24 Jul 2009 at 12:36
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  Very well acted
  
  Very well acted by Josh Hartnett and the supporting cast, and an interesting theme. Lots of subtle interactions between characters where sometimes not much is ... read more »
  
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- - SoniaB
  - 8 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 15 Mar 2010 at 18:25
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  August
  
  ... no wonder it was free to watch online... yawwwwwwwn... it was so slow, the plot was barely there... and was 'buffering' all the time... throughout ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Nov 2009 at 12:49
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  Oh dear
  
  The gorgeous Josh Hartnett alone is not a good enough reason to watch this dismal affair. The characters are neither aggressive (as described in the blurb) nor... read more »
  
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- - Sezzle
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  - Worcester
  - 06 Nov 2009 at 18:32
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  Don't bother!
  
  Now I know why it's free. People had to watch it to call it a film or a movie or whatever. I can't believe I was conned to watch it or even waste my ... read more »
  
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  - Gillingham
  - 29 Sep 2009 at 22:08
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  August
  
  Loved Josh Hartnett but a poor film in all.
  
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  - Banstead
  - 28 Sep 2009 at 23:26
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  August
  
  rated it as ok, only good bit of film is Josh Hartnett
  
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  - Fleet
  - 27 Sep 2009 at 18:17
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  Refreshing
  
  Worth watching! Brilliant perfermance by Harnett, unpredictable and surprising. Very refreshing film.
  
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  - Cardiff
  - 26 Sep 2009 at 10:23
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  August
  
  Good film, plot and well casted. Is an up to date film with what is currently happening with businesses worldwide.
  
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  - London
  - 25 Sep 2009 at 14:35
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  AUGUST
  
  Don't waste ur time!
  
  Unless u r just interested in checking out Josh!
  
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- - CheekyRichards
  - 2 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 25 Sep 2009 at 00:12
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  Loud!!!
  
  I only watched this for 2 reasons, my wife was watching a rubbish show about a woman having 8 babies, and it was FREE! First film I have watched on the laptop ... read more »
  
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- - ShellyRoo
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  - 24 Sep 2009 at 23:01
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- - 36
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  Wall St for 2009
  
  Saw this in the US and thought this was great, Josh Hartnett gives an authentic performance as a young Gordon Gekko type dot com entrepreneur managing a company... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 24 Jul 2009 at 12:36
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  dot com drama
  
  slow burning drama with lots of dead end sub plots.
  
  Josh Harknett is totally engaging and acts his part well,if it wasn't for his performance it ... read more »
  
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- - squareeyed
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  - Nairn
  - 03 Sep 2009 at 16:58
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  Don't bother
  
  I found this film to be very slow and boring. Nothing much happens in it apart from the main character ranting on about things i just couldn't get my head ... read more »
  
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- - RSCollett
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  - Newtownabbey
  - 06 Sep 2009 at 19:40
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  Wall Street for the American Apparel generation
  
  Love this film. It's punchy looks great; wardrobe, actors lighting, Rip Torn! and Josh Hartnett is glorious as Tom Sterling, entrepreneur high on life and ... read more »
  
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- - Gtx
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 20:26
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  give it a miss
  
  i found it slow, well acted by only the main character, too much jargon, which placed it in the dot com league who would probably understand this or maybe ... read more »
  
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  - Hull
  - 08 Sep 2009 at 15:10
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  August
  
  This was the biggest waist of time ive spent in a long time ,this film was the biggest load of crap from start to finish!!!!!!!!
  
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- - fayth
  - 1 review
  - Stockport
  - 13 Sep 2009 at 20:10
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  August....like British weather...Dull!
  
  Dull....dull....dull............glad it was a freebie cos I would have been dissapointed if I had paid for that boring drivel....as my Mum would say 'it was... read more »
  
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- - Tubedude
  - 1 review
  - Carshalton
  - 18 Sep 2009 at 21:28
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  Very slow- leave it alone
  
  I only watched this because I was bored and it was free.
  
  The acting skills were dreadful, the plot, well was there one?
  
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  - Peterborough
  - 19 Sep 2009 at 16:39
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  Lameshark
  
  Empty characters that you don't care about, unfinished business, sub plots that go nowhere, a plot that limps aimlessly to a tired hand shandy... don't ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 19 Sep 2009 at 18:30
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  It was free...
  
  ...as an online taster for the new on demand system. This is actually all that this film had going for it... ...it was free. Good idea for a film, but very ... read more »
  
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- - apr195
  - 1 review
  - Southampton
  - 19 Sep 2009 at 21:24

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