Buster moon theater movie#

Johnny makes a choice that leads to his father being arrested. Johnny wants to be a singer and his father wants him to follow in his footsteps as the leader of his gang of thieves.

Take the subplot with Johnny (Taron Edgerton) and his father (Peter Serefinowicz). I found the story most interesting when it focused less on the songs and more about the emotional realizations and overcoming the obstacles within themselves. I found my mind wandering from time to time yet whenever Buster was on-screen I found myself watching the movie. His Buster is a beacon of pure optimism and sheer diligence. The prime mover of all this is McConaughey’s Buster Moon. They come from the characters themselves. It’s just the emotional punches that do land do not come from the people singing. Oh sure there’s lots of it and there’s surely a soundtrack to buy. The odd thing about Sing is that the music really doesn’t matter much. With exception of a song Ash (Scarlett Johansson), a young punk porcupine, writes, called “Set It All Free”. None of the songs are original so much as people repurposing already existing songs or just covering songs.

Due to a faulty glass eye she accidentally changes one thousand to a hundred thousand and we’re off to the races. His secretary Miss Crawly (Garth Jennings), a lizard, prints out the fliers for the competition. Riley), a spoiled rich Sheep, Buster soldiers on. With almost no help from his friend Eddie (John C. He will hold a singing competition with a grand prize of one thousand dollars. An idea so great it will save the Moon theater. The stage hands or at the door, the bank is on the phone, and they all want the money Buster owes them. Show after show of his has failed or flopped. Despite having zero experience with the theater or music, I love this particular story idea.īuster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) is the koala bear theater manager. This may have to do with the plot of the movie: A rag tag group of amateur performers band together to put on a show to save the grand old theater. Although, I must confess to feeling a little watery eyed from time to time. It’s not as good as it could be, but for what it is, it’s fine.

Buster moon theater movie#

Sing is a harmless movie that manages to charm its way to some emotional pay offs.