One of the year's very best. By all means GO SEE IT!

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2016)

SING STREET (2016) **** Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Kelly Thornton, Ben Carolan, Mark McKenna, Percy Chamburuka, Conor Hamilton, Karl Rice, Ian Kenny, Don Wycherley, Lydia McGuinness. Wonderful coming-of-age romantic comedy about a Dublin teen (Walsh-Peelo, a cross between Paul McCartney/George Harrison and Colin Hanks) during the 1980s who attempts to fit in his new Catholic school when things go from bad-to-worse with his family forcing him to come into himself by forming a musical group while falling in love with the local babe who wants to be a fashion model (beguiling Boynton). Filmmaker John Carney hits all the right marks from the motley crew assembled as bandmates and friends, to the way of the trendy times of the era (the look and feel are dead-on accurate) and populated with jukebox fervor and passion. The original songs are catchy and fun (best bit is the fantasy take on Back To The Future's Enchantment Under The Sea homage!) and the film will have you grinning from ear to ear from the get-go; one of the year's very best. By all means GO SEE IT!