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Sing Street

Boy meets girl. Girl unimpressed. Boy starts band.

2016 105 min ★ 7.9 (2,498) Released
Comedy Drama Music Romance

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.

Original title
Sing Street
Language
EN
Country
IE
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$13,624,522
Reviews & Ratings 2
Gimly

Gimly

Sep 7, 2016 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

Take it with a grain of bias, because I too went to a Christian Brothers school and hated it, but I absolutely adored _Sing Street_. It rehashes a lot of things you will have seen before, but if you're a lover of the 80's, alternative music, coming of age stories or even just good cinema, you could do a lot worse than _Sing Street_. _Final rating:★★★★ - An all round good movie with a little something extra._

Reno

Reno

Aug 18, 2016 · via TMDB

★ 9.0

> Back to the 80s with rock and roll and romance. I seriously thought this might be an overrated film. I knew it was too early to judge it, so I was not expecting anything extraordinary and then it struck me with its progress, I was clean bowled by its style and cuteness. I don't what others think, but this is John Carney's masterpiece according to me. I liked his other films, but this is something I think a perfect dose of contents. In two words to say it is a Golden Touch. I rarely like music and musical films, and it had been long since one I had enjoyed very much like this. Definitely this should be one of the top ten films of the years. This is an Irish-British film that is set in the Dublin, 1985. It is about a high school boy named Conor, who just got transferred from a private school to a free state-run boy's school after his parents imposed a plan on the budget cut. New school and problems are ahead where he has to come out of it on his own. During getting used to it, he meets a girl who lives nearby the school and to impress her, he lies that he has a band and looking for a female singer. So then he forms one with the amateur musicians and the journey begins for these teenagers that reveals in the remaining film how long they are willing to go. > "Your problem is that you're not happy being sad. But that's what love is, Cosmo. Happy-sad." At the end of the final scene, there is a note that says 'For brothers everywhere'. I was impressed by that, because I did not pay attention on that while watching the film. What I meant was, this is not some teenage love story, actually it was about the brothers, but overshadowed by romance theme. I recalled my memories on those parts and quickly realised the centre of the story that how it was developed. The one who played the older brother of Conor simply looked alike Seth Rogan and that is the character you have to watch out for. He's only a supporting character, but the impact was indirectly larger on the story. Of course, falling in love might make you do crazy things, even you can become a rockstar overnight. But there's a first step for everything and it is not assured that you will be succeed by those attempts. That is where comes the experienced hand, the brother, a close friend who stood by us since our birth. It is easy to fall in love, but it is not easy to have a brother who guides us in every move on that. In this film the sreenspace between them was very little, but that did not stop to disclose how one's inspiration that got from love to mold accurate shape and to lead the right path. I don't have any brother, but I felt how it would be to have one. So all the brothers in the world must see it, this is dedicated to them. > "It's like when you don't know someone, they are more interesting. They can be anything you want them to be. But when you know them, there's limits to them." I did not grow up in the 80s, but was very close to it and I know how it would feel to be born in that generation. Jeans, thick hair and curls, everybody was so thin, weird make-ups with strong eyeliner, big eyeglasses, cassettes, you would love this film if you remember those stuffs from your fading memories. A very stylish music-comedy and on the romance side, this film was very cute. All the actors were brilliant, especially the lead boy whose first film was this and the girl amazing with her totally electrifying look. They both going have a great future in filmdom. Not to miss out the supporting cast who did their part so well, especially the brother I talked about in the other paragraph. All the sound tracks were awesome. I should start adding them to my 'film songs' collection, especially 'The Riddle of the Model' which defines this title and the film's climax song 'Go Now'. So from the cast to crew, equal credits must given to the music composers and lyricists from the real 80s bands. The film had a perfect runtime, I would have had no issue if it was extended for another half an hour. The pace of the narration always kept in a same position, but towards the final quarter it has gone up. Yes, I loved the ending, it was touching, but I don't know how to describe it, only one can experience it by himself. A film I watched without any anticipation, now it is one of my favourite films. Todays generation might take it as another rock and roll inspired theme, but only the middle aged guys and some old ones would know how to enjoy it. So don't miss it out if you are one of them. 8.5/10

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Cast 20
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo

Conor "Cosmo" Lalor

Lucy Boynton

Lucy Boynton

Raphina

Jack Reynor

Jack Reynor

Brendan Lalor

Ben Carolan

Ben Carolan

Darren

Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna

Eamon

Kelly Thornton

Kelly Thornton

Ann Lalor

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Penny Lalor

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Robert Lalor

Ian Kenny

Ian Kenny

Barry

Percy Chamburuka

Percy Chamburuka

Ngig

Karl Rice

Karl Rice

Garry

Don Wycherley

Don Wycherley

Brother Baxter

Des Keogh

Des Keogh

Brother Barnabas

Marcella Plunkett

Marcella Plunkett

Eamon's Mum

Keith McErlean

Keith McErlean

Barry's Dad

Art Campion

Art Campion

Evan

Lydia McGuinness

Lydia McGuinness

Mrs. Dunne

Kyle Bradley Donaldson

Kyle Bradley Donaldson

Fifth Former

Eva-Jane Gaffney

Eva-Jane Gaffney

Jacinta

Paul Roe

Paul Roe

Surveyor

Crew 15
Yaron Orbach

Yaron Orbach

Director of Photography

Roger Tooley

Roger Tooley

Steadicam Operator

Bono

Bono

Thanks

Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow

Thanks

The Edge

The Edge

Thanks

John Carney

John Carney

Director

Peter Cron

Peter Cron

Associate Producer

Eva-Jane Gaffney

Eva-Jane Gaffney

Casting Assistant

Bob Weinstein

Bob Weinstein

Executive Producer

Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein

Executive Producer

Anthony Bregman

Anthony Bregman

Producer

John Carney

John Carney

Producer

Martina Niland

Martina Niland

Producer

Becky Bentham

Becky Bentham

Music Supervisor

John Carney

John Carney

Writer

Gallery 67
Videos 5
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US Release Dates 2

Jan 24, 2016

Sundance Film Festival

Premiere

Apr 15, 2016

PG-13 Theatrical

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