Sing Street

Sing Street is a wholly appealing genesis of teenage romance and music-group therapy for one Irish boy and a instant retro classic for those still hungry like the wolf.

John Carney has a humorous and loving eye for detail, an intuitive ear for dialogue, and the film is extremely personal in a way that is universal.

If it’s not great — think of a sort of JV “Commitments” and you’ll have the idea — it is surely winning.

Sing Street is far more boisterous and certainly funnier than Once, but it remains in a minor key; “finding happiness in sadness,” is how one character puts it.

As he did with "Once," Carney with the somewhat autobiographical Sing Street mixes hardscrabble realism with highly charged romanticism, filmed on a low budget with mostly unknown talent.

While Sing Street is often infectious its its scraggly energy, one wishes Conor’s other band members were slightly more fleshed-out, which would make their already-absorbing performances sing even more.

All traces of grit from John Carney's earlier films have been scrubbed away in favor of relentlessly crowd-pleasing slickness.

One of the sweetest most delightful romance films I've seen in a long time. John Carney is such a wonderful director and Sing Street is where he shows his true colors. The music is great, the characters are likeable, the performances are good. I wouldn't consider it a masterpiece, but it just hit me on a personal level so it's definitely in my top 10. It's one of those films that can always put a smile on my face. Pure joy!

This movie is great, it is wildly romantic, hilarious, and smart. The songs are great and the characters are fun. Sing Street is one of the best movies I've seen. I love it so much.

I must be a stick in the mud. I thought the story line was too far out, the family situation was the only touch of reality in the movie, the rest, someone's teenage imagination of real life.

Sing Street does carry a nice message about having optimism, has decent songs, and has a lighthearted feel- good feel to it. That's all I can say about this. That's because the the characters are not interesting, the film is overly long, the story is overly simplistic / unrealistic, and the whole thing is very forgettable. While it has good intentions and a nice message, this is nothing more than a glorified Hallmark movie.

If you've ever seen the excellent movie "The Commitments" you don't really need to see this one. It's like an awkward tween version of that far better film. Might be suitable for middle schoolers who loved Glee, but otherwise?