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- 2016
- Garth Jennings
- 103 mins
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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.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Trevor Johnston
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.
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rolenameBuster MoonMatthew McConaugheyRositaReese WitherspoonMikeSeth MacFarlaneAshScarlett JohanssonEddieJohn C ReillyJohnnyTaron EgertonMeenaTori KellyNanaJennifer SaundersYoung Nana NoodlemanJennifer HudsonMiss CrawlyGarth Jennings
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Theatrical distributor
Universal
Released on
2017-01-27
Languages
English | English | Japanese
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
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