"You did?!........Where is it?"
After the somewhat lukewarm Minions and The Secret Life of Pets, Illumination bounces back with the exceptionally strong Sing. This contemporary outing for the old let's-put-on-a-show-to-save-the-theatre story is told remarkably straight as befitting its main target audience, but it hits the ground running with a whipcrack sequence that introduces all the main players at their starting points in the story and does not let up with its warmth, wit and clever development of characters. The mix of songs both new and old is joyous, from small snatches to the mini-gig at the end, and the rich colour palette and attention to detail (just look at some of the myriad of background characters in any given scene) all engage. It is 'shot' like a real-life movie (and it is not difficult to imagine Sing as a live-action movie or stage adaptation), the voice cast is extremely strong, and it is an enjoyable movie from start to finish.
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