‘Song Sung Blue’ movie review: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson sing their hearts out in a lovely musical biopic

There is something unputdownable about Mike Sardina (Hugh Jackman) from the archetypal infinitesimal 1 sees him astatine an Alcoholics Anonymous gathering celebrating his 20^th sober birthday. He encourages the radical to sing the celebrated Neil Diamond number, ‘Song Sung Blue,’ with him, and we are carried on connected a question of his enthusiasm.

We larn that Mike is simply a euphony impersonator who refuses to travel connected stage as anyone but himself, Lightning, astatine the Wisconsin State Fair. At the fair, he meets Claire (Kate Hudson), who is performing arsenic Patsy Cline. Sparks alert betwixt the two, and Claire suggests Mike perform a Neil Diamond tribute.

Claire and Mike commencement a narration and a Neil Diamond tribute band, called Lightning and Thunder. They wed and after some initial hesitation, Claire’s children from her archetypal marriage, Rachel (Ella Anderson) and Dayna (Hudson Hensley), and Mike’s girl from an earlier marriage, Angelina (King Princess), go friends. 

Members from Mike’s aged set articulation the group, including Mark Shurilla (Michael Imperioli), a Buddy Holly impersonator and Sex Machine (Mustafa Shakir), who sings arsenic James Brown. His dentist/manager, Dave Watson (Fisher Stevens), believes successful him, adjacent fixing his bony with a small lightning bolt!

The tribute set meets with success, including opening for Pearl Jam, with the front man for the grunge band, Eddie Vedder (John Beckwith), joining Lightning and Thunder for a rendition of ‘Forever successful Blue Jeans’ astatine the 1995 Pearl Jam performance successful Milwaukee.

There is heartbreak, anger, addiction, and the emergence again earlier the last tragedy. Song Sung Blue, based connected Greg Kohs’ eponymous documentary, is simply a gentle look into a musician’s life. When Mike says, “I’m not a songwriter. I’m not a enactment symbol. But I americium an entertainer,” helium shows that dreams bash not person to die. Mike and Claire reveal that adjacent if you bash not conquer the satellite similar a stone god, you tin execute occurrence doing what makes you happy.

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Song Sung Blue is a validation for each the regular people with humble dreams, but dreams nevertheless. As the writer said, “there’s nary occurrence similar failure, and failure’s nary occurrence astatine all.” Hudson and Jackman powerfulness done the songs and tears like champs, leaving america laughing, tapping our feet, and wiping distant the errant tears each astatine once.

The play item is spot connected (never caput the distracting wigs). The accidental to perceive a generous catalogue of Diamond’s euphony successful arena-quality dependable is not to beryllium missed, successful a movie that offers a satisfying catharsis. Music is astir decidedly the nutrient of love, so may we each delight person a 2nd and 3rd helping?

Song Sung Blue is presently moving successful theatres