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Sing

2016

Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet

Animation, Voice: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane ...

6.4

13,946

Animation. Musical. Comedy. Kids Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Buster Moon, a dapper koala, presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal-some, might even say delusional-optimist, who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life's ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"A formulaic film that will entertain kids and parents (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		Kyle Smith New York Post	"If (like me) you have a parental obsession with brainwashing your children to adore everything from Sinatra to 'Shake It Off,' 'Sing' may be your most effective weapon since 'Happy Feet' (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Jennings and his cast manage to deliver a steady supply of laughs, while respecting one of Illumination’s core principles: It’s OK to be silly"
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Illumination’s latest plays to the company’s strengths (...) But just as with, for example, 'The Secret Life of Pets' or 'Minions', storytelling remains the outfit’s weak spot"
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"With this touching and emotional film, Chris Meledandri’s company takes a big step up"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"Colorful characters and enough pop songs to fill a playlist but not much else (...) a lighthearted treat for kids (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"‘Sing’ is ‘Pitch Perfect’ with some crowd pleasing animation and that’s a compliment (...) Sometimes you just can’t hate a movie. It may annoy you. It may make your eye rolls a bit, but eventually you just succumb to the sheer entertainment"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A profoundly soulless piece of work (...) Despite its manic pacing, “Sing” doesn’t have time for nuance or feeling"
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"There are plenty of almost random music cues, but all too little soul and too little time spent fleshing out the leads. The saving grace comes in the animation and the vocal performances"

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