Great recommendation by you. I’ll def be checking out at least Sing Street.

Yeah Katy’s feedback as we watched was that there was too much music and that it wasn’t all as great as the best numbers. I was swept away with it in the moment but I can definitely see that.

Agreed on Murphy dropping out being a net benefit. It also meant that the actual writers of the songs were the ones singing, which I think is part of what makes them more emotional.

I do think there may be one or two too many songs / music montages though. (Or maybe some just need to be shortened.) I hadn’t remembered (until recently re-watching) just how much music it has, and there were a couple times when I would’ve just preferred a regular scene. Though maybe that’s because I kept comparing them to the Falling Slowly scene, which is one of my all-time favorites.

Nothing against Cillian Murphy, but I’m glad he dropped out of this. His subsequent rise to prominence would’ve tainted the movie’s effect – the lead actors’ anonymity is crucial to the emotional impact.