Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott
August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Stats: 337 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (337)
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September 15, 2008Uhm, ew. Definitely one of the worst films I have ever seen! I got suckered into this shitfest because of Bowie, whose role lasted a whopping forty seven seconds. [P.S. Josh Hartnett is so tough with his stick-on tattoos! REBEL!]
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September 7, 2008As pre-9/11 dot-com hotshot Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett), he's seen his parents and tech wonk brother treating him with contempt, the girl he's pining for giving him the brush-off, and his startup Internet company blowing up in his face.
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November 10, 2008From the get go you are totally lost, i was kinda holding on to the fact the Hartnett was playing the jerk, selfiish playboy so I kept watching. To much going on in the movie with all his other problems but none of them are ever resolved, every bit of this movie was left open-end...( read more)
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November 24, 2009Was hoping that something interesting would happen but it just dragged out. Skip it.
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August 23, 2009Its not that bad. If you understand the real competition in business, trading and dot.coms, you'll love this movie.
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July 28, 2009So, this film sucked too! Either there's a conspiracy against me and my video rental store is in on it or I have lost all ability to pick out a good film.
Right from the start, it was a horrible premise. They tried to make a boring storyline dark and sexy. It's a movie about ...( read more) -
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March 25, 2009This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar, which started in March about 735 BC under Romulus. It became the eighth month either when January and February were added to the beginning of the year by King Numa Pom...( read more)
Critic Reviews
July 14, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV
July 11, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Only an amusing cameo by David Bowie enlivens things, but he's onscreen for just about two minutes at the end. full review
July 7, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Hartnett does windbag cockiness well, yet the overriding conception of his character and the Dot Com phenom in general is so straightforward and unrevealing that his effort goes for naught. full review
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