When Sing came out in 2016 it was a pleasant treat. The story about a group of underdog, singing animals seemed earnest, cute, and was genuinely entertaining. Granted a majority of the ‘earnest’ label was provided by Buster Moon, voiced by Matthew McConaughey. That character’s can-do, optimistic demeanor still delivers in this film’s sequel, Sing 2. Actually, most of Sing 2 will still deliver, assuming that the audience is in fourth grade or younger. That’s not meant to be a slam or a pejorative, it’s just the way it is, especially having just seen the film with a fourth and sixth-grader.
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Sing-giveaway and review, it’s better encore
Sing does what many movies fail to do; it gets better with repeated viewing. We saw Sing in theaters and were pleasantly surprised. It’s not paced like a traditional film, much less an animated one, plus the humor and heart that are obvious in its first viewing are even bigger the second time around. Additionally our two boys (aged 5 and 7) loved it and picked on the lessons that characters taught.
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