Sing is a 2016 American animated musical comedy written and directed by Garth Jennings, produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and starring Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, John C. Reilly, and Nick Offerman.
Plot[]
Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal optimist—okay, maybe a bit of a scoundrel—who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now facing the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition.
Five lead contestants emerge: A mouse (Seth MacFarlane) who croons as smoothly as he cons, a timid teenage elephant (Tori Kelly) with an enormous case of stage fright, an overtaxed mother (Reese Witherspoon) run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets, a young gangster gorilla (Taron Egerton) looking to break free of his family’s felonies, and a punk-rock porcupine (Scarlett Johansson) struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo. Each animal arrives under Buster’s marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life.
Cast[]
- Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon, an optimistic koala who plans to save his theater from closure by holding a singing competition.
- Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, a pig who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted housewife, and mother of 25 piglets.
- Seth MacFarlane as Mike, a white mouse street singer with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice and an arrogant attitude.
- Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a teenage porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative-rock music duo with her boyfriend Lance.
- John C. Reilly as Eddie Noodleman, a sheep and Buster's friend who doubts the future of the theater.
- Taron Egerton as Johnny, a teenage gorilla who wants to sing, though his father would rather have him follow his criminal footsteps.
- Tori Kelly as Meena, a teenage elephant with an exquisite voice and severe stage fright.
- Jennifer Saunders as Nana Noodleman, Eddie's grandmother who was a famous singer in her glory days.
- Jennifer Hudson as Young Nana Noodleman.
- Garth Jennings as Miss Crawly, an elderly iguana with a glass eye who is Buster's loyal but clumsy administrative assistant.
- Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy, Big Daddy, a gorilla gang leader who wants his son Johnny to follow in his crime business.
- Nick Kroll as Gunter, a passionate dancing pig who is partnered with Rosita for the show.
- Beck Bennett as Lance, a porcupine and Ash's self-absorbed boyfriend.
- Jay Pharoah as Meena's grandfather, who pressures her to overcome her stage fright.
- Nick Offerman as Norman, a pig and Rosita's workaholic husband.
- Leslie Jones as as Meena's mother
- Rhea Perlman as Judith, a brown llama from the bank who warns Buster that his theater will be repossessed if he does not pay.
- Laraine Newman as Meena's grandmother
- Adam Buxton as Stan, a gorilla who is a member of Big Daddy's gang
- Brad Morris as an unnamed baboon whom Mike attacks for not donating more money to his street performances
- Bill Farmer as Bob, a dog who documents Buster's singing competition
The voices of Rosita and Norman's piglet children were provided by Oscar, Leo, Caspar, and Asa Jennings, the children of Garth Jennings. Jennings had directors Edgar Wright (as a goat) and Wes Anderson (as Daniel, a giraffe who auditions with the song "Ben") provide "additional voices", continuing a tradition of the three friends appearing in each other's films. An archival recording of Shooby Taylor, who died in 2003, singing "Stout-Hearted Men" was used for the singing voice of a hippopotamus.
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Critical response[]
On the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 70%, based on 125 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. 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 33 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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