The story takes place in a world filled with anthropomorphic animals. And the main character is a koala named Buster Moon.

Many years ago, when he was young, Buster wanted to open up a theater and succeed. In the present day, Buster tries to achieve his dream – only to fail.

Not only is his theater struggling, but he is also at risk of it closing. And a bank representative, which is a llama named Judith, warns him that his theater will close if he can’t make enough money to pay it off.

Instead of spending a lot of time worrying, though, Buster comes up with a creative solution. He will hold a singing competition, and the winner will receive $1000.

However, Judith accidentally adds 2 zeros next to the one. This causes the prize to be read as a $100,000 instead.

But before anyone can proofread the advertisement, copies get sent out everywhere. Yet they attract a lot of contestants.

After lots of animals try out, Buster finalizes his picks to the following:

– Rosita, who is a housewife pig that raises 25 piglets.

– Ash, who was a punk rock porcupine.

– Johnny, who is an Australian teenage gorilla, whose father leads a crime gang.

– Mike, who is a sweet musician mouse.

– Gunter, a pig that loves to dance.

And then there’s a teenage elephant named Meena, who gets too anxious to even perform.

Sometime later, Buster discovers the $100,000 prize on his flyers. LuckiIly, his friend, Eddie, is wealthy and offers to have his Grandma help out. And she used to perform in theaters all the time.

However, she is hesitant to give Buster the money he needs. Yet she promises him that she will attend a private preview of the show before she makes a decision.

But his contestants end up in all sorts of conflicts. Even worse an accident causes the lights to collapse onto the stage. Buster, now feels hopeless.

But can he still achieve his goal and open his first successful theater?

I do admire the concept of this movie, where a singing competition is held and more money is promised as a prize than intended. I also like the number of pop songs sung, such as Katy Perry’s “Firework,” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off.”

Unfortunately, this film ended up more boring than I expected. I don’t know why – but despite the strong literary elements, I could not stay engaged with the movie at all.

The only exception is when Buster is with someone in a fancy restaurant. During that scene, he reveals that he could never afford the food they serve there. So, he brought some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches – which obviously isn’t allowed. Then he and the other guy got into a slow motion fight.

Otherwise, Sing really did not work out for me. Regardless of that, though, it did receive mostly positive reviews from others.

But I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars.