Certificate: U
Running time: 108 minutes
Directed by: Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet.
Running time: 108 minutes
Directed by: Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet.
What's it about: In an attempt to revive his once grand theatre, koala Buster Moon sets about organising the world's greatest singing competition.
The verdict: Sing boasts an impressive cast including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton. The characters are fun and likeable, and the singing is very good. The trailer is slightly misleading in that I was expecting an X Factor style singing competition. Whereas Sing is actually about a group of singers who are chosen after an audition, to be in Buster Moon's comeback theatre show. In this way, I found the plot a bit weak.
Some parts of Sing were fun and engaging whilst other parts dragged and failed to keep my attention. I think Sing would've benefited from being slightly shorter in length, in order to make the pacing a bit better. A lot of animations are able to appeal to both adults and children, however Sing feels like a fun animation that will primarily appeal to a younger audience. There aren't many jokes either, so there's no comic relief to improve the weak plot.
Overall I found Sing a bit disappointing. The trailers were great and it looked like it'd be very funny, however it didn't live up to my expectations. The animation can't be faulted and it's certainly not a bad film, but unfortunately when compared to other recent animations such as Zootopia and Kubo and the Two Strings - it doesn't match up to them at all.
Should you watch this film? No. Wait for the DVD on this one.
The verdict: Sing boasts an impressive cast including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton. The characters are fun and likeable, and the singing is very good. The trailer is slightly misleading in that I was expecting an X Factor style singing competition. Whereas Sing is actually about a group of singers who are chosen after an audition, to be in Buster Moon's comeback theatre show. In this way, I found the plot a bit weak.
Some parts of Sing were fun and engaging whilst other parts dragged and failed to keep my attention. I think Sing would've benefited from being slightly shorter in length, in order to make the pacing a bit better. A lot of animations are able to appeal to both adults and children, however Sing feels like a fun animation that will primarily appeal to a younger audience. There aren't many jokes either, so there's no comic relief to improve the weak plot.
Overall I found Sing a bit disappointing. The trailers were great and it looked like it'd be very funny, however it didn't live up to my expectations. The animation can't be faulted and it's certainly not a bad film, but unfortunately when compared to other recent animations such as Zootopia and Kubo and the Two Strings - it doesn't match up to them at all.
Should you watch this film? No. Wait for the DVD on this one.
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