Sing
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Released
- 2016
- Country
- Japan, United States
Details
Release year: 2016
Storyline
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
Top credits
Matthew McConaughey — Buster Moon
Reese Witherspoon — Rosita
Seth MacFarlane — Mike
Scarlett Johansson — Ash
Did you know
• This movie features over 85 hit songs from the 1940s to 2016.
• When Ash's guitar is unplugged, she starts stomping the beat on the stage; porcupines actually do stomp their feet as a warning when they are scared.
• Writer and director Garth Jennings is an admirer of jazz vocalist Shooby Taylor and chose to have his song "Stout-Hearted Men" included in the film. The song was sung by a hippo during the audition scene. Taylor suffered a stroke in 1994 and died in 2003. Jennings revealed that Taylor's son was in his 70s and "just above the poverty line" and hoped the check for rights to the song from Universal Pictures would be beneficial to him.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $270,578,425
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $35,258,145 (2016-12-25)
User reviews
A simple story with a cast of animal characters that come to life and warm our hearts
I'm not a big fan of most animated kids' films, these days, but this is one of the better ones.
Illumination Scores With Sing
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital, Auro 11.1, SDDS, Dolby Atmos, DTS, 12-Track Digital Sound, Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
