Saturday, 10 January 2026

Song Sung Blue 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Song Sung Blue 2025 by AverageMansReviews


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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/vehicle hit/vehicle crash/drugs/childbirth/amputation/religion/medical/references to racism and cancer.

The ups and downs of life: briefly; we meet these two individuals that eventually become Mike and Claire Sardina [Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson:] or a.k.a. "Lightning" and "Thunder" a Neil Diamond interpretation/tribute band act and this is the story about their lives and their family lives; as it reminds us all enjoy the present, because we don't know what is around the corner as this family works hard to move forward, but life keeps throwing a span in the works.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 132 minutes film is really very good as it clearly has been laid out and all you have to do is pull it, but I would have really appreciated some form of dates when it is appropriate, the only reason I knew move forward in time is because of Mike hairstyle slightly changing or/and let's just say signs of getting older, but other than that, things move along with some gusto.

Art, action, comedy and character developments; the art is either clear to see or/and here as we have our lead partnership on stage performing which depending where you are in the film it has elements of a colourful or/and glamorous experience on a budget. Now we come to this incident and horrific accident where in one room of this hospital this situation is unfolding, meanwhile in this other room with these two founding members having another medical emergency as we have one member showing another member how to use defibrillator; now I am sure at that time this was not darkly comical and at best it is only slightly darkly comical, but at the same time it does and wonderful multilayer aspect to their lives of and I am very sure that as you will see when or if you choose to watch this film it wasn't always smooth sailing, but throughout their lives and the madness of it all, they were able to build this lovely husband-and-wife, family unit that was by and large nurturing, caring and loving; on a quick side note I should quickly state that my intention here was not to cause offence to anyone, I mean to highlighted again I did say that it wasn't always smooth sailing, but these people made a note of environment and now I can include anyone that they met as well as in they treated them like family as well.

Character developments and performances; well as I was just highlighting the character developments are layered this is very much a cast performance; led by Jackman and/or Hudson individually or together they put in powerful performances as the person I watch someone was content with said one made reference to; they have spot on chemistry; they are authentically natural and yes individually or as a duo they can sing masterfully, I can say this with confidence that this film wouldn't be the same without them, you see sometimes in film or TV or any or any other media sometimes is sometimes all the planets align to create this situation where these moments get captured on in this case the big screen and consequent we get to enjoy them.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; on a little reflection I decided to award another two mark, by its entire presentation minus the lack of date thing and I have already indicated the performances of Jackman or/and Hudson should be given high praise and hopefully going toward into awards season they either get a few more at minimum nominees or in the discussion for nominees or awards to go alongside the accredited awards or/and nominees that they already have, right at the end of the first credits there is a real life picture of this husband-and-wife back in the day. This film has some awards accredited to its name such as 4 Winners which includes but not limited to Gotham Awards 2025 Tribute Award Musical Hugh Jackman Kate Hudson. 6 Nominees which also includes but not limited to New York Film Critics, Online 2025 NYFCO Award Best Use of Music Scott Bomar

 

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