Sing Street

2016 "Boy meets girl. Girl unimpressed. Boy starts band."
7.9| 1h46m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 15 April 2016 Released
Producted By: Cosmo Film
Country: United States of America
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A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

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NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!
GazerRise Fantastic!
BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
grahamlucas-1 I really enjoyed the music, the acting, the cinematography, the story. But here's the but...There were a few scenes with the lead actor singing that felt completely out of kilter with the era. I suspect they were added to sell to a younger generation or to promote a new star?Hopefully there will be a shorter Director's cut and then this film will be up there with The Commitments and Gregory's Girl.
Mark Ritchie II I have to start this recommendation by saying that I'm a HUGE fan of the director John Carney. 'Once' is one of my all time favorite movies and I love his style and blend of original music with storytelling. Here we have a really great coming of age story about a young boy (Conor) that has to adjust to changing home life as well as a nightmarish new school, how does he manage this...music. For anyone who enjoyed music growing up it'd be hard to deny that it helps shape youths as well as often help you cope or breathe hope and joy into the everyday challenge of just figuring out life as you mature. That pretty much is the essence of the story, listening to and creating his own music is the tool to help him get the girl of his dreams and possibly forge a new future in the backdrop of a jobless and fairly lifeless Dublin, Ireland of the mid 1980s. The original music from the movie is fantastic and it sounds like it could have been released at the same time as many of the bands Conor is influenced by such as 'Duran Duran', and 'The Cure.' The whole admiration of music and specifically the new era of music video as a new art is all really authentic, and to me his brother Brenan really is the best character in the movie as the idealist pothead who wants his brother to chase the dreams he didn't. Their final moment together was probably the best part of the movie.Its rare that I watch a movie that I want to see again immediately after I see it but that's precisely how I felt. This really is unique and has something to offer everyone from drama, laughs, and a few tugs on the heartstrings all set to a back drop of really great music.A MUST SEE!!
Andres-Camara As a beautiful movie, to achieve dreams, that's fine. Now, as a film in itself, cinematic, it is a little scarce. It's nice, but little else.The director does not know how to finish it, the end is a little I want and I can not, when you see that it's coming, you start to ask yourself. See how you're going to do it? And for my pleasure I do not know how to take it.While it is true that there is a sequence that I will explain in the spoiler zone, I almost get something I have always wondered how you could roll well, like saying that dreaming is bad because then comes the sad reality.The actors are all very well. The romance between the two is beautiful, although I think it would be better if I had not managed to conquer it. For my taste is spent in the locker room, but you can accept.Photography, no big deal, is a white camera video and does not care much.The direction aside from not knowing how to finish it and not know how to do a staging and not know how to take advantage of the concert moments to make beautiful plans that accompany the splendid soundtrack. But at least he likes to see her. You are drawn to the story.He has a music, which is the best thing unlike the movie.Spoiler: In the sequence of the concert at school, when he starts to dream, it almost gives you the feeling that it is bad to dream, it lacks a little rise and fall of blow but it is quite well achieved.
sol- Hoping to impress a girl, a 1980s teen starts a band and awakens a genuine passion for music beyond meeting girls in this amiable drama from Ireland. The chemistry between the protagonist and his friends feels real, the sourced song soundtrack is top notch and the band come up with several memorable 80s-style tunes of their own. The film's best aspect though is how it taps into the rising popularity of music videos in the mid-1980s with a superb analysis of Duran Duran's 'Rio' clip, plus an awesome segment in which the friends film a video clip of their own ("The Riddle of the Model") and absolutely nail it right down to the long flowing costumes. What exists here beyond the basic story of a bunch of friends and their love of music is somewhat less interesting. There are standard bullies, nasty teachers who abuse their powers and our hero has a rather humdrum dysfunctional home life. Unremarkable as these aspects of the film may be, the film still stacks up quite well overall since the music is so often in focus. There is also a delightful portion of the film heavily influenced by the prom sequence in 'Back to the Future', and while the protagonist's strained relationship with his parents does not resonate too much, he has some great moments alone with his college dropout older brother who rues the fact that he was the first born and had to suffer their unstable home life for longer.