Sing (2016)

Sing is a 2016 American computer-animated musical family comedy-drama film produced by Illumination Entertainment. It was directed and written by Garth Jennings, co-directed by Christophe Lourdelet and starring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, and Nick Kroll, among others. The film was released on December 21, 2016 in the United States by Universal Pictures.

Plot
Dapper Koala Buster Moon presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life's ambition, he takes one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition. Five contestants emerge: a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The film's ensemble cast does a great job, fitting into their roles nicely, especially Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton.
 * 2) The film's animal designs stand out and have some creativity put into them.
 * 3) Great CGI animation.
 * 4) Excellent voice acting.
 * 5) The film uses the soundtrack to its advantage, integrating them into transitions and musical numbers.
 * 6) Buster Moon's backstory at the beginning of the film is engaging, introducing his character and his wants.
 * 7) Johnny's performance of Elton John's I'm Still Standing is one of the film's strongest moments.
 * 8) *His performance helped Taron Egerton get cast for the role of Elton John in Rocketman.
 * 9) Ash's performance of Set It All Free is great as well as being an exclusive and original song made for the movie.
 * 10) The film has subtle and entertaining cameos. Bill Farmer (the voice of Goofy), Edgar Wright, Wes Anderson and Snowball (from the Secret Life of Pets) are some of them.
 * 11) Johnny's story is easily the most emotional and interesting.
 * 12) The interactions between Buster and Eddie are fun to watch.
 * 13) One or two heartwarming and emotional scenes.
 * 14) Despite the animal characters and humorous moments, this movie is more grounded and less cartoonish than any of the other Illumination films.
 * 15) Impressive direction by Garth Jennings.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The one infamous, but rather cringeworthy "Look at her butt" from Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" scene, sounded rather perverted, inappropriate, and not that funny for a kid's film. In fact, Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" doesn't need to be in this film to begin with and was just added in by some horny porn addict.
 * 2) The film reuses many background characters. For example, the same crocodile model is seen many times throughout the film. However, this is common with most Illumination films.
 * 3) Just like mh:awfulmovies:Shark Tale, the ‘anthropomorphic animals’ setting is kind of pointless. If the characters were human the story would remain the same, this was probably just done to cash in on Zootopia.
 * 4) The J-Pop singing band of red pandas in the movie speak Japanese and there are no English subtitles to translate what they are saying.
 * 5) There is about very little interaction between the contestants (sans Rosita and Gunter) and their storylines don't interconnect with one another outside of rehersals.
 * 6) The Character of Meena is quite unlikeable as she keeps asking for a chance to sing, then when they let her she gets scared and runs off. That happens three to four times in the movie. Meena also destroyed the stage at the end which took the group lots of time to rebuild which can also annoy viewers who care about the finance in films.
 * 7) The pacing is sorta weak at times.

Reception
Sing received generally mixed reviews from critics and audiences. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 72% based on 182 reviews, and an average rating of 6.49/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sing delivers colorfully animated, cheerfully undemanding entertainment with a solid voice cast and a warm-hearted – albeit familiar – storyline that lives up to its title.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

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