"August" is a flat and cliche-ridden movie about brothers Tom(Josh Hartnett) and Josh(Adam Scott) Sterling who have started an internet company called Landshark that is a huge success, making them the toast of the town. Thankfully, it has less to do with Jimmy Buffett than with Buddhism which is still kind of odd. Josh is the designer and Tom is the public face of the company, seeking to validate himself in the eyes of their professor father(Rip Torn) while living a lavish lifestyle. Josh is much more prudent by living in a modest apartment, apparently saving money for his child's college fund. Tom also wants to continue the revolution his father started. Or so he says.

By August 2001, that is no longer an option as the dot com bubble has burst, sending the stock price plummeting. Tom is the last person to realize how much trouble Landshark is in as his employees have stopped working with little to do.(However, they are still too busy to send out resumes.) Since there is nothing left but the funeral, there is little of interest except watching Tom attempt to save his company as the vultures close in. One bright spot for him is reconnecting with his old flame Sarrah(Naomie Harris) who has been living in Spain. Landshark may be without hope but the movie might have had a chance with a decent performance in the lead but Josh Hartnett lacks the magnetism and talent to play such a charismatic heel.