Tom and Josh Sterling have a start-up dot-com. It's gone public to initial success. Josh is the technical genius. Tom is the fast-talking and abrasive CEO, in charge of the business side. It's August, 2001, less than a month before they can sell their shares and, perhaps, make lots of money. But the company is running out of cash, its main client is stalling, and share values are falling. For Tom to maintain the firm's appearance, he must find cash: investors could rescue him... (Full plot summary below)
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Tom and Josh Sterling have a start-up dot-com. It's gone public to initial success. Josh is the technical genius. Tom is the fast-talking and abrasive CEO, in charge of the business side. It's August, 2001, less than a month before they can sell their shares and, perhaps, make lots of money. But the company is running out of cash, its main client is stalling, and share values are falling. For Tom to maintain the firm's appearance, he must find cash: investors could rescue him, but at a high cost of his potential wealth and company control. Tom goes to his brother for a loan. At the same time, an old flame, Sarrah, comes back to the city. Can Tom hold things together, bravura and all?
Leave your thoughts about August.
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonAugust seems to be missing something essential--a prologue? Or maybe it's not what's missing that's the problem, but what's here. |
| Star MagazineMarshall FineWhile this modest indie offers high-tension plotting, it's real substance is the contrast between Hartnett's charismatic, hard-charging business persona and his intimacy-challenged real-life relationships. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonSmartly scripted, convincingly atmospheric morality fable in which Hartnett, usually insubstantial as a good guy, plays a convincingly flawed character galloping toward the precipice. |
| Screen InternationalDavid D'ArcyThis one has nothing extraordinary about it to compensate for seven years' staleness. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinChick's underwhelming exploration of post-millennial angst is as empty and vacant as its protagonist's inexpressive peepers. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAnyone who thinks that Josh Hartnett isn't a true movie star should see his riveting, high-wire performance in August. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere's not much to it, but Austin Chick's hyper-focused indie does serve as a nicely assured showcase for lead Josh Hartnett. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisMerely serves to watch a company's ashes fall without really considering what started the fire. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerA procession of anger mismanagement protagonist episodes of rude behavior with assorted unbelievably receptive babes, and a glutton-for-punishment old flame (Naomie Harris) whom he manages to re-con into bed, before she wises up all over again. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweAnother among this year's crop of features that demonstrates that having a cast with indie cred can sometimes do little to buoy a film's miscalculated execution. |
