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Sing Street (2016)

April. 15,2016
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7.9
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PG-13
| Drama Music Romance
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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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masonfisk
2016/04/15

What a beautiful feeling it is when you follow your dreams... Sing Street follows this maxim to its fullest as a notion takes shape in the form of a band during the 80's music vid heyday in Ireland. As his world crumbles around him, his parents are breaking up, navigating a new school replete w/bullies & despotic Catholic figureheads, our hero, w/the unflinching support of his stoner brother, starts a band w/a bunch of fellow pariahs hoping just to shoot a music video to impress the older girl who has caught his eye but what he gains is self-confidence, wisdom beyond his years & also a knack for writing catchy songs. Not a bad trade-off for this heartwarming, inspiring yarn that tickled me delighted & left me w/a healthy dose of nostalgia.

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dhartlaw
2016/04/16

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. I rooted for the main character from the start. Really captured the angst of being a teenager and the transformation and power one can achieve through creating. Despite some sexual references, drug use and bad language, I think it is fine for all ages.

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Mark Ritchie II
2016/04/17

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!!

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sol-
2016/04/18

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.

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