Fresh
As a testament to the power of music, the bond of brotherhood and the boundless possibilities of youth, "Sing Street" just plain works.
Adam Graham, Detroit News
Sing Street
Boy meets girl. Girl unimpressed. Boy starts band.
2016 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
John Carney
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Sing Street
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film captures the earnestness and the silliness of the boys' efforts, but also how little that matters when you're discovering what it feels like to create something.
Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Fresh
With its intriguing characters and exhilarating music, "Sing Street" is the best film about being young, gifted and Irish since "The Commitments."
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
In three features, Carney has made his personal greatest hits album.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
A delightful film that is almost impossible to watch without a smile on your face.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
More films
Teen Spirit (2019)
Drama · Music · PG-13
A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Cast
- Elle Fanning, Zlatko Burić, Rebecca Hall
IMDb
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
57
About a Boy (2002)
Comedy · Drama · Romance · PG-13
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Ma...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
- Cast
- Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
IMDb
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
75
Starstruck (2010)
Comedy · Music · Romance · TV Movie · TV-G
Pop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's best for his career.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Director
- Michael Grossman
- Cast
- Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell, Maggie Castle
IMDb
6.1
Once (2007)
Drama · Music · Romance · R
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Director
- John Carney
- Cast
- Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh
IMDb
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
90
The Commitments (1991)
Comedy · Drama · Music · R
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his a...
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Cast
- Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball
IMDb
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
73
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
IMDb
5.8
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members