A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.
Matthew McConaughey
Buster Moon (voice)
Reese Witherspoon
Rosita (voice)
Seth MacFarlane
Mike (voice)
Scarlett Johansson
Ash (voice)
John C. Reilly
Eddie (voice)
Taron Egerton
Johnny (voice)
Tori Kelly
Meena (voice)
Jennifer Saunders
Nana (voice)
Garth Jennings
Miss Crawly / Additional Voices (voice)
Peter Serafinowicz
Big Daddy (voice)
Nick Kroll
Gunter (voice)
Jennifer Hudson
Young Nana (voice)
Beck Bennett
Lance (voice)
Jay Pharoah
Meena's Grandfather (voice)
Nick Offerman
Norman (voice)
Leslie Jones
Meena's Mother (voice)
Rhea Perlman
Judith (voice)
Laraine Newman
Meena's Grandmother / Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer
News Reporter Dog (voice)
Adam Buxton
Stan (voice)
Brad Morris
Baboon (voice)
Wes Anderson
Daniel (voice)
Chris Renaud
Additional Voices (voice)
Edgar Wright
Additional Voices (voice)
Asher Blinkoff
Piglet (voice)
Jessica Rau
Additional Voices (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui
Additional Voices (voice)
Sara Mann
Additional Voices (voice)
Daamen J. Krall
Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen
Additional Voices (voice)
Doug Burch
Additional Voices (voice)
Cathy Cavadini
Additional Voices (voice)
Jason Pace
Additional Voices (voice)
Townsend Coleman
Additional Voices (voice)
Abby Craden
Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Cummings
Additional Voices (voice)
John DeMita
Additional Voices (voice)
Willow Geer
Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell
Additional Voices (voice)
Oscar Jennings
Piglet (voice)
Leo Jennings
Piglet (voice)
Caspar Jennings
Piglet (voice)
Asa Jennings
Piglet (voice)
Jon Robert Hall
Frog (voice)
Laura Dickinson
Spider (voice)
Jen Faith Brown
Singer (voice)
Áurea
Voice 1
Marisa Liz
Voice 2
Mickael Carreira
Voice 3
Deolinda Kinzimba
Voice 4
Jeremy Maxwell
Additional Voices (voice)
Igor Khait
Additional Voices (voice)
David Arnott
Additional Voices (voice)
Daniel Mora
Additional Voices (voice)
Britt Burton
Additional Voices (voice)
Gregory Perler
Additional Voices (voice)
Paige Pollack
Additional Voices (voice)
Marisa De Silva
Additional Voices (voice)
Jessica Rotter
Additional Voices (voice)
Robert Taylor
Additional Voices (voice)
Thomas Walters
Additional Voices (voice)
Andrew Walton
Additional Voices (voice)
Joe Matthews
Additional Voices (voice)
Director, Writer
Garth Jennings
December 23, 2016
8
QUALITY
Featuring appealing covers of hit songs and an all-star cast, this cute animated comedy capitalizes on the craze for both talking-animal adventures and talent competitions. The movie may not have the substance of Inside Out or the overt messages of Zootopia, but, like Trolls, it's simple, with catchy pop music and jokes that are likely to make kids laugh. (Unlike Trolls, its take-aways aren't quite as thoroughly positive -- see below.) The musical numbers are by far the best part of the movie, including Jennifer Hudson-voiced renditions of "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" to the piggy duet of "Shake It Off" (by Witherspoon and comedian Nick Kroll as a German boar called Gunter) to Kelly's show-stopping version of "Hallelujah."
The music is what makes Sing worth the price of admission, because, story- and theme-wise, there are a few missteps that keep it from greatness. Like, say, the depiction of Rosita's home life. She does everything for her 25 piglets, and her burnt-out husband (Nick Offerman) barely registers her. He's so checked out that he doesn't notice when she sets up a Rube-Goldberg contraption to keep the household working when she can't secure a babysitter to participate in the contest. And then there's poor Johnny, who desperately wants his criminal father's approval. A child wanting a parent to see them shine is wonderful, but did they have to make the father in question a bank robber? But if what you want is a bubbly diversion you''l find yourself singing along to after the credits roll, then Sing hits the spot. Just don't think about it too hard.