![The film “Sing” has a star lineup, but fails to be a hit with movie critics. Nick Kroll is the voice of the singing pig “Gunther.” Now playing. Photo Credit: Universal Pictures](/images/resized/images/news/2016/90_dec23/9_100_100.jpg)
Rating « out of 4 Stars
Running Time: 110 minutes
This is a weird flick.
Judging the cover, Sing should be at least decent. Great cast [McConaughey, Witherspoon, Johansson…], a Christmas opening date and it’s a cartoon about talking animals from the studio that brought you Minions and Despicable Me.
Sounds good. But now let’s discuss what it’s about. There’s this koala bear named Buster Moon (an excitable McConaughey) and he owns a theater. He needs a hit so he puts on a singing competition. Right there is the first major misstep. Singing competitions reached peak popularity about 7 years ago. Old news. So right out the gate, the film seems dated.
So Buster holds...