DJariya

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This has currently made about $70M in the U.S. and $95M worldwide



Has anyone here seen this?

I just got back from a late afternoon matinee. I really really liked it. Great music and has a lot of heart. I did see the 1st one as I own the BD, but I thought this was better than the 1st. It's really nicely animated and vibrant. The "Las Vegas" type setting was also pretty cool.

I liked the characters and I thought Bono was a nice addition playing a retired rock star who is still mourning the death of his wife.

I know the majority of this forum is older men who probably don't care for animated movies like this. But, if you have a family or enjoyed the 1st movie, I recommend it.

Orbi-Wan Techno

From my review page ORBI-WAN GOES TO THE MOVIES

Sing 2 (PG) - Entertaining, emotionally-charged and song-filled follow-up definitely manages to improve on the already-impressive original.

The old Jedi recently got to spend the afternoon with Mrs. Orbi-Wan and grand-Padawan Andy enjoying the very fun and heartfelt “Sing 2”. The crew at Illumination has another winner on their hands. With pretty much all the original voice cast returning, the movie actually takes the time to spend several telling moments with each character we’ve come to know and love. “Sing 2” also introduces a few surprises like a certain ice cream truck owner (check the credits!), though we already know about Bono as Calloway, the reclusive music legend on which the majority of the plot relies.

I was immediately hooked from the first scene, as Buster Moon’s musical troop performs an elaborately staged “Alice In Wonderland” set to Prince’s “Let’s Get Crazy”. Bliss! And for me, the movie only gets better from there. Moon sneaks his crew into an audition at a showplace in a Las Vegas-lookalike city, and Moon promises the return of the reclusive Calloway as part of a new production at the owner’s theater. Crystal, the owner, holds Moon’s feet to the fire, so to speak, threatening bodily harm if the desperate koala doesn’t come through.

The rest of the movie revolves the entire crew’s frantic attempt to get the space-themed musical off the ground, Ash and Moon’s attempt to coax Calloway out of retirement, Johnny’s struggle to learn the necessary dance moves for his scenes, and problems that arise with Rosita and Moon when the theater owner’s daughter sets her sights on the show’s lead role.

“Sing 2” is a delightful toe-tapping time with plenty of jokes for the grown-ups and a few thematic things that, at times, may leave the youngest movie-goers scratching their heads. For example, a rental car return gag had Mrs. Orbi-Wan laughing out loud, though it is completely lost on kids.

However, my 9-year-old grand-Padawan said his favorite part was an onstage dance-off between Johnny and his snooty dance coach, and gives “Sing 2” a solid 7 out of 5 lightsabers. I have to say I can’t really disagree with his rating, though I am only going with 5 out of 5 lightsabers. This is definitely one for the permanent collection and I will be revisiting it with my Padawans in the future.

NOTES TO PARENTS (MILD SPOILERS): “Sing 2” is rated PG for some threatening situations and rude material. Language is primarily limited to “heck” and “geez”, and a couple of songs in the movie sounded like they may have been slightly edited. Calloway chases Ms. Crawly off his property by shooting at her with a paint gun. Ms. Crawly loses her artificial eye for a significant portion of the movie. When Ash and Buster touch Calloway’s fence, they are electrocuted and knocked unconscious. Crystal threatens Buster multiple times with throwing him from the roof of his skyscraper, and actually succeeds in a climatic scene, though Buster is quickly rescued. Johnny’s dad and associates help keep Crystal’s henchmen at bay as Buster and company perform their show.

MID AND AFTER-CREDIT SCENES: Throughout the first half of the rolling credits, we watch Ms. Crawly struggling to retrieve her artificial eye as it gets bounced around the screen by tap-dancing lemurs, roller-skating flamingoes, and others. After-credit scene - There are no after-credit scenes.

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DJariya

This is now on PVOD, but it's a $25 rental only. Ouch I'm sure unless you guys have kids, the majority here will pass on that price point.

Anyways, I did go back to the theater and see this again yesterday. It's so good. Probably one of my favorite recent animated movies. The final performance was really great with Bono. I think this is better than the 1st movie. I have the 1st Sing on BD as I mentioned before and when this gets down to a more reasonable digital purchase price point, I'll probably get it.

DJariya

This is now on Netflix for those who have kids and haven’t seen it. Surprised it went there instead of Peacock.

RichC2

They have a deal specifically for Illumination and DreamWorks theatrical releases, I think it's for a 10 month window.