Sing Street (2016) movie poster

Sing Street (2016)

"Boy meets girl. Girl unimpressed. Boy starts band."
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👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 87%
RomanceDramaMusicComedy

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Director
John Carney
Runtime
1h 45m
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.9/10 (2,423 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
79

Cast

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Conor "Cosmo" Lawlor
Lucy Boynton as Raphina · 65% avg
Jack Reynor as Brendan Lawlor · 69% avg
Ben Carolan as Darren
Mark McKenna as Eamon
Kelly Thornton as Ann Lawlor
Maria Doyle Kennedy as Penny Lawlor · 76% avg
Aidan Gillen as Robert Lawlor · 70% avg

Is Sing Street good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 87%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#25 / 1262 · Romance
Rank in its year
#7 / 295 · 2016
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Music Movies on HBO Max (#1) · The Best Music Movies on Starz (#1) · 100 Best Romantic Comedies Ranked by Audience Score (#6) · 75 Best Music Movies and Musicals Ranked by Audience Score (#11)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 10,566💬 950 comments
You really need to watch 'Sing Street', a movie about how a boy discovered music and love to fight bullying, in a difficult time of Ireland. This is one of my favorites scenes, when Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) decided to stand up against the school bully.
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Top comment: "This has never been the result of embarrassing a bully in front of their peers. Not even once."
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