Animated comedy musical featuring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon. Buster Moon, the koala owner of a failing theatre, decides to hold a talent show to save it. However, a printing error adds two zeroes to the $1,000 prize, resulting in a stampede of contestants - and a big headache for Buster.
A plucky impresario stages an amateur singing contest to save his cash-strapped theatre in this animated musical peopled by anthropomorphic animals. If sundry critters acting out TV talent show material sounds just a mite cynical, however, rest easy. British writer/director Garth Jennings - creator of 2007's marvellously eccentric coming-of-age tale Son of Rambow - puts plenty of heart into the rival wannabes' backstage dramas. There's a much-hassled hausfrau pig, a shy elephant with a big voice, a teenage gorilla from a bad home and even an egomaniac mouse with a Sinatra croon. But they're blissfully unaware that the fast-talking koala who is organising the contest (slickly voiced by Matthew McConaughey) is short of the big-money prize. These very human problems aren't quite as affecting as the best of Pixar, but the passion with which the incredibly varied music is delivered really sells the story. From the Beatles to Katy Perry, Puccini to Stevie Wonder... the film's sheer joy in belting it out will win you over. When it sings, it really soars.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Buster Moon | Matthew McConaughey |
| Rosita | Reese Witherspoon |
| Mike | Seth MacFarlane |
| Ash | Scarlett Johansson |
| Eddie | John C Reilly |
| Johnny | Taron Egerton |
| Meena | Tori Kelly |
| Nana | Jennifer Saunders |
| Young Nana Noodleman | Jennifer Hudson |
| Miss Crawly | Garth Jennings |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Garth Jennings |
