2016 started with the excellent Zootopia, which in my book is one of the best animated films of all time. An excellent tale of discrimination and equality in a city populated with different animals both big and small. It's a time well spent with the entire family at the movies.The year ends with another film with talking animals that can belt out of a tune or two and unlike Zootopia, Sing is genuine feel-good crowd pleaser.
When Buster Moon, a koala bear theater owner voiced by Matthew McConaughey organizes a singing competition to save his theater which he inherited from his Dad being foreclosed, a simple typographical error from his trusted secretary, an old gecko named Miss Crawly made it more enticing for animals to join and win the top prize.
Illumination Entertainment made the right decision in getting the services of known celebrities to voice the characters. Aside from McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon voiced Rosita, a pig whose married to an ignoring husband and left to take care of her 20 plus piglets/children. Seth MacFarlane channeling his Sinatra crooner vibe plays Mike, a rat with a suave voice, that has connections to the mob. Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a teenage porcupine rock belter and The Kingsman's Taron Egerton as Johnny the gorilla with a sweet voice whose Dad is into robbing banks among others. The standout though is Tori Kelly who voiced Meena the elephant. she has one sweet voice!! Famous celebrities singing out well-known songs as shown on the trailer is fun to watch and in the film itself, doesn't disappoint.
This is one of the few animated films that is you never know what happens next. I was caught off guard and I'm sure most did to. The beginning of the second half of the film proves that. Sing is one fun animated film for the entire family this Christmas.
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