“Song Sung Blue” won me over early on, when a bar fight breaks out over the remark shouted by a leather-clad biker dude: “Neil Diamond sucks.” Fighting words, bordering on heresy. Whether you love Mr.

Craig Brewer’s toe-tapping weepie about the triumphs and tragedies of a Neil Diamond tribute band is exactly the movie we need right now. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

"Song Sung Blue," about a Neil Diamond tribute act, hits theaters on Christmas Day. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star as Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed together as the Diamond duo Lightning & ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. You won’t see a movie with better music and worse dialogue this holiday season than the bizarrely charming “Song ...

“Nostalgia pays,” pronounces Claire (Kate Hudson) to Mike (Hugh Jackman) in Song Sung Blue. Craig Brewer believes the same about kitsch and schmaltz, both of which are heartily peddled by the ...

A human interest story in cinematic form, Song Sung Blue is more lukewarm than heartwarming despite its talented cast. Starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a married Neil Diamond nostalgia act, ...

Early on in Song Sung Blue, there’s a scene where Hugh Jackman’s character, Mike Sardina, steps up to a microphone and starts singing the movie’s titular Neil Diamond classic before heading to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Through thoughtful storytelling, an impeccable cast, and a smartly chosen soundtrack that places ...

“Song Sung Blue,” a movie about a Neil Diamond tribute act, seems like a hokey project for Craig Brewer, the director of such gritty dramas as “Hustle & Flow” and outrageous biopics as “Dolemite Is My ...

Running time: 132 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use). In theaters Dec. 25. If there’s one slam-dunk choice in “Song Sung Blue,” ...

There are a lot of ways “Song Sung Blue” — a film about real Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lighting and Thunder — could have gone awry. The premise alone could be a “Saturday Night Live” sketch, ...

Hugh Jackman stars as Neil Diamond "interpreter" Mike Sardina in "Song Sung Blue." The Neil Diamond-inspired movie, which tells the story of the duo Lightning & Thunder, arrives in theaters Christmas ...