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britprincess1ajax
Mar 28, 2017britprincess1ajax rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Nothing is more triumphant than art produced out of struggle. Nothing of any value just crops up; it has to be worked hard for to gain its worth. The fight adds beauty. And that's what we get in SING STREET. Set in the eighties, young Irish teenage boy Conor Lawler is experiencing the harsh economics times plaguing Ireland, foisting him out of his nice Jesuit private school and into the shady bully-infested corridors of the Roman Catholic public education system. Making music in these abysmal conditions amounts to a great amount of wisdom, not to mention a few decent tunes. And it feels very genuine to the experience of growing up, facing hard truths but discovering a great deal of happiness, too. Underrated and under the radar, SING STREET deserves some applause. I recommend it.