Review of Sing Street (2016) by Eugene B — 12 Jan 2017
A story of a boy, his band, and the girl that inspired him. Directed and written by John Carney (creator of Once), is it any surprise Sing Street and the sings found within are great? Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (as Conor, our lead), Jack Reynor (as Brendan, Conor's older brother.
This is easily Reynor's best role to date), and Lucy Boynton (as Raphina, Conor's crush. She's absolutely gorgeous despite some atrocious 80's hair-dos) are all fantastic. It's great fun to watch the formation of the band, the creation of the various songs, Conor and Raphina's budding romance, and Conor's slow maturation into a man (It's surprising how much I bought him as a leading man by the end of the film).
Sing Street is not just an 80's period piece, it also acts as a musical of sorts (complete with an awesome 50's musical sequence). Sing Street is easily one of the best films of 2016, and it's a great feel good pick-me-up.
Highly recommended. If you loved La La Land, I'd say you'd go ga-ga for Sing Street.
This review of Sing Street (2016) was written by Eugene B on 12 Jan 2017.
Sing Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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