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Sing Street (2016)

PG-13 | | Drama, Musical | 15 April 2016 (USA)
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A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London.

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Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ...
Cosmo
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Robert
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Penny
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Brendan
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Raphina
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Ann
Ben Carolan ...
Darren
Mark McKenna ...
Eamon
Percy Chamburuka ...
Ngig
Conor Hamilton ...
Larry
Karl Rice ...
Garry
Ian Kenny ...
Barry
Don Wycherley ...
Brother Baxter
Lydia McGuinness ...
Mrs. Dunne
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Ben Carolan ...
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A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London.

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Boy meets girl, girl unimpressed, boy starts band

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Drama | Musical

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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including strong language and some bullying behavior, a suggestive image, drug material and teen smoking | See all certifications »

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This film pays homage to "The Commitments" (1991). There are the obvious similarities as both films deal with starting a band in Dublin in a similar time period and Maria Doyle Kennedy, who plays Conor's mother, starred in the 1991 film. A somewhat more subtle nod is that Eamon has quite the affinity for rabbits and the main character in The Commitments was named Jimmy Rabbitte. See more »

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At the beginning of the movie, it is shown that it is 1985. The family gathers to watch Top of the Pops (as most all did in those days!). They showed the video for Duran Duran's "Rio" and the elder brother was talking about them like they were brand new. "Rio" came out in 1982..it wouldn't have been on TOTP in 1985. Duran were already massive and household names by 1985. See more »

Quotes

Cosmo: [to Barry] You only have the power to stop things, but not to create.
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Carney is now 3 and O
22 March 2016 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I was a fan of Carney's band the Frames, and was delighted to see his first low budget film , "Once"

His second wonderful film had a much bigger budget and well know cast, but still a small film. I just loved, "Begin Again" with Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, and Kiera Knightly.

He goes back to his roots with Sing Street and it is simply a joyful experience. It started off a bit slow for me. But as the band that is the focal point of the film hones their skills and improves so does this wonderful story. I just can't say enough about how great the two leads were in this film Ferdia Walsh-Peelo plays the male lead Conor, and Lucy Boynton as Raphina were just wonderful. It is a great film to watch if you are having trouble getting your smile on.

As an American I had a little trouble at times with the thick Irish accents. When I watch the CD I may have to stick the subtitles on.I wish the film had a bit of a bigger budget in the sense that it looks like it was made on a tiny budget and musicals are much better when the sound is powerful. But that is just quibbling. Go see this in the theaters, if for nothing else to make sure Carney gets money to keep making films.


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