# Sing Street **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019 "2016-05-05T20:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019/1 "2016-05-05T20:32:36Z")
**[Sing Street](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544112/?ref_=nm_knf_i3)** is John Carney’s latest offering. Carney is the Irish write, producer, director of **[Once](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/?ref_=nm_knf_i2)** and **[Begin Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980929/?ref_=nm_knf_i1)**. Sing Street, set in 1980’s Dublin, is a coming of age movie about a teenage boy (Collin) whose parents change his school from a private one to the local Catholic school, because the can’t afford the private tuition any longer. As the new kid in the all boys school, Collin must find a way to fit in. He meets a girl that lives across the street from the school and asks her if she would like to be in a music video he is making for his band. She agrees, but Collin then must form a band with music so there will be a video to shoot. With advice from his deadbeat older brother, he does just that, and tries to win the girl. All-around a good movie, with very funny scenes of Collin and his band-mates trying to develop their style as musicians recreating the styles of many famous 80’s bands. Highly recommend, especially if you are a fan of the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019/2 "2016-05-06T01:59:34Z")
I saw it last weekend and liked it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019/3 "2016-05-06T04:55:21Z")
I saw it, too, and really enjoyed it. Just seeing the clothes and hair made me laugh, but I really enjoyed seeing the growth and changes in Conor. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019/4 "2016-06-17T04:38:23Z")
Just saw it. I had a smile one my face for most of the movie.