2025
Certificate 12A – MUSICAL/DRAMA
Director: Craig Brewer
With Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson
Runtime: 132 mins
Two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams. But what is apparently a fairly standard rags-to-riches story is ruptured by a tragic twist of fate. Based on a true story.
WHY WATCH THIS FILM? For the music.
“Though the music of Neil Diamond may not be everyone’s cup of tea, Song Sung Blue has universal appeal: it’s ultimately a moving love story about one man’s unrelenting devotion to his wife. Jackman and Hudson bring vigour and heart – and their impressive pipes – to this triumphant tribute to a remarkable musical couple.” The Upcoming
“Here is a startlingly strange, undeniably entertaining true-life story from the heartland of American showbusiness; a lovable crowdpleaser whose feelgood flavour won’t prepare you for the way the plot repeatedly and savagely twists like an unsafe fairground ride.” The Guardian
“While Jackman is terrific as an over-the-hill striver with an almost pathological yen for the spotlight, it’s Hudson who will knock you sideways.” New York Times