Coming-of-age sort-of-musical from the director of Once about a 14-year-old lad who tells a girl he's crushing on that he's in a band. The only problem? He's not actually in a band. The only solution? Start a band.
The wish-fulfilment film is one of the trickier genres to grasp. Make the reality too tough and the wish won't take flight; but make the fulfilment part too easy and it just looks like lies. Master of the bitter-sweet musical, having made the glorious Once and the surprisingly non-shit Begin Again, Irish writer/director John Carney gets the balance 90% right with this sparky teen romance, set in dreary 1980s Dublin.
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The truest and most tearduct-tugging relationship here is that between Conor and his lank-haired college-dropout brother...
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Like an updated The Commitments in rouge (liberally applied), Sing Street nails the details.
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The movie understands how enchantment and disappointment go together, like the A and B sides of a single that won't leave the turntable.
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Did you like The Commitments? Did you like We Are the Best!!? Well, Sing Street isn’t as good as either of those two, but it’s still pretty terrific.
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There is a sense that this is Once for teenagers, likely to spawn many a high school musical version in the future...
Full reviewThis bittersweet Irish-set tale is sure to strike a chord with anyone who remembers the thrill of being young and in love.
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The most romantic movie you'll find anywhere these days, brimming over with music, fun and the thrill of first love.
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A sweetly funny, charming and poignant depiction of this very specific time in life - at once universal and specific - when anything seems possible. And with killer pop tunes to boot.
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The young nonprofessional actors are a fresh, natural bunch, even if the bandmembers might have benefited from more individual character development.
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Just as with "Once" and "Begin Again," Sing Street will make you laugh, cry and leave you humming its songs for days.
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