Consequence by Michael Roffman

Few films are ever as enjoyable and endearing as Sing Street.

Consequence of Sound by Michael Roffman

Few films are ever as enjoyable and endearing as Sing Street.

USA Today by Brian Truitt

Sing Street is a wholly appealing genesis of teenage romance and music-group therapy for one Irish boy and a instant retro classic for those still hungry like the wolf.

Tampa Bay Times by Steve Persall

It's touching, and you can dance to it. What's not to love?

Entertainment Weekly by Leah Greenblatt

It’s like a lost John Hughes movie with Irish brogues and cars that just happen to drive on the other side of the road. It’s also, sadly, exactly the kind of sweet little film that too often gets buried in a box office ruled by broader comedies and bloated superhero epics

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

The whole film is unlikely, a joyous story of youth, innocence, sweet earnestness, charming ineptitude and a shaky but productive belief on the hero’s part that he can do anything he pleases.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

It's pretty much impossible not to love Sing Street's young hero as he stumbles around Dublin, dumbstruck and smitten, at turns clueless and confident.

RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley

John Carney has a humorous and loving eye for detail, an intuitive ear for dialogue, and the film is extremely personal in a way that is universal.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Sing Street is the most romantic movie you'll find anywhere these days, brimming over with music, fun and the thrill of first love.

TheWrap by Alonso Duralde

If you’re put off by the filmmaker’s previous work, then the autobiographical Sing Street isn’t going to be the movie that wins you over. But fans of Carney’s lush romanticism and hook-laden lyricism will be thrilled to add this one to their playlist.

The Playlist by Noel Murray

What makes Sing Street such a joyously entertaining film (besides the songs) is that it thinks the best of its characters, and it presents them the way they’d like to think of themselves.

Variety by Guy Lodge

The truest and most tearduct-tugging relationship here is that between Conor and his lank-haired college-dropout brother, played with spaced-out warmth and wistful good humor by the ever-likeable Reynor.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

Like an updated The Commitments in rouge (liberally applied), Sing Street nails the details.

New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri

Sing Street is far more boisterous and certainly funnier than Once, but it remains in a minor key; “finding happiness in sadness,” is how one character puts it.

The Guardian by Jordan Hoffman

Did you like The Commitments? Did you like We Are the Best!!? Well, Sing Street isn’t as good as either of those two, but it’s still pretty terrific.

The Film Stage by Jordan Raup

While Sing Street is often infectious its its scraggly energy, one wishes Conor’s other band members were slightly more fleshed-out, which would make their already-absorbing performances sing even more.

Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan

John Carney’s 1980s-set Sing Street is like a barnstorming tribute group. It’s crowd-pleasing, heart-warming, hits all the right notes, and is eager to please.

Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan

John Carney’s 1980s-set Sing Street is like a barnstorming tribute group. It’s crowd-pleasing, heart-warming, hits all the right notes, and is eager to please.

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

The young nonprofessional actors are a fresh, natural bunch, even if the bandmembers might have benefited from more individual character development.

Slant Magazine by Kenji Fujishima

All traces of grit from John Carney's earlier films have been scrubbed away in favor of relentlessly crowd-pleasing slickness.