Review of Sing Street (2016) by Gmreviews — 24 Nov 2016

Sing Street is an escapade into the life of a Dublin teenager, and his journey of the evolvement of him and his growing relationship with the girl he wants to start a relationship with, being the primary reason he’s started his band.

However, this film injects a great amount of 80’s atmosphere into the band and provides a great sense of nostalgia with the 80’s theme, definitely making the main characters adventure, an adventure into the music industry.

So, you’re not only starting to see this main character evolve in terms of understanding how music works thanks to the wisdom of his older brother, who is a fantastic character who gets just the right amount of screen time by the way.

The side characters just seem there to fill in the shoes of the Sing Street band, and I wished we got to see more of them, as the story really primarily focused on the main character Connor and his want-to be girlfriend Raphina.

The story moves along very well, every scene with Connor is entertaining, especially in the sense that the nostalgia in the film for people born in the 80’s gives people a sense of familiarity with the character – so when you see him succeed him in his aspirations, and see what it took to get there, it makes the film very satisfying, really adding to the feel good factor.