Review by Bob Ignizio
Even animals love a singing competition in SING, which must be, what, the 200th
animated kid flick this year? Fortunately, although it's not a top tier effort,
SING is at least entertaining.
Probably moreso if you're in the under 12 year old target market than an old
geezer like me and/or the modern pop hits being covered by the cast don't make
you cringe (also me).
Anyway, the plot is pretty simple. Koala Buster Moon
(Matthew McConaughey) owns a theater, something that was his childhood dream.
Unfortunately, all his productions bomb, and the bank is about to foreclose. In
a last ditch effort to save his beloved venue, Buster decides to put on a
singing competition ala 'American Idol' or 'The Voice', in which everyday
animals get a chance to show their talents to the world. The prize is supposed
to be $1000, but Buster's elderly lizard secretary accidentally prints up
fliers offering 100 times that much.
