It's a land of colour, music and adorable animated animals... What more could you ask for with 'Sing'?
All fun-loving Koala Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) wants is to make his late father proud. The theatre he once owned is now a ghost town, and Buster makes it his mission to change that.
The film is another example of that all-too-familar audition to performance layout, but there's something about it that sets it apart from the rest.
Maybe it's the sweet but overworked pig Rosita (Reese Witherspoon) with the dream to make it big, or Johnny (Taron Egerton), the crooning gorilla with the disapproving father.
The characters in 'Sing' are beautifully crafted, and given some genuinely relatable and honest characteristics and stories.
Without any thought, my favourite character in the entire film is Mrs Crawley, Buster's elderly iguana assistant (voiced by director Garth Jennings). She hobbles around the place and makes hilarious remarks, all the while constantly adjusting her glass eye, which makes her look off in different directions and causes her all sorts of problems.
The film features over 80 songs from popular artists like Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. This gives it a fresh feel and means that, musically, it has the potential to appeal to a fairly wide range of people.
Perhaps the strongest part of 'Sing' apart from the shimmering cast (Tori Kelly is the stand-out as Meena the anxiety-ridden elephant) is the depth of the film beyond its predictable exterior.
The themes about trying your best, trusting your instincts and following your dreams all shine through and turn a simple, funny film into something that makes you think and really feel.
It may be another humorous kids movie with singing animals on the surface, but dig a little deeper and you'll find that 'Sing' hits a few notes that have the potential to ring out in your head beyond the trip to the cinema.
