Simply irresistible
This much is true:
writer-director John Carney (Once, Begin
Again) knows how to tell an endearing story through music. And when he goes
back to the eighties, the result is totally awesome.
Sing Street is a let’s-start-a-band film set in 1985
Dublin, the decade of Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, Spandau Ballet and the Cure.
The premise is simple: teenager Conor (Ferdia Walsh Peeolo) and some wild boys
from the Synge Street neighborhood start a band to get a girl’s attention and stir up the
neighborhood in the process.
Carney has crafted
a feel good film that utilizes the notorious new wave era and the power of
music to spin an unforgettable coming-of-age tale where a kid makes his dreams
come true. It’s one of the best ten bucks you’ll spend this year.
Simply put: Just
like heaven. Sing Street hits all the
right notes.
Award potential: Drive It Like You Stole It could easily become the third consecutive song from a Carney movie to be nominated for an Oscar.
The ten buck review: Worth ten bucks.
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