Song Sung Blue
Musical biopics have become ZEJ’s most dreaded to watch genre, and while Song Sung Blue isn’t a traditional superstar musician biopic, we still lumped it in that category, and put off this watch for a long time. And to E and I’s surprise, we enjoyed Song Sung Blue quite a bit. The lesson? Never doubt Hugh Jackman. While it’s not a perfect movie, and has some pacing and storytelling issues, it has a lot of heart, good dialogue, and the way the love story between Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s characters unfolds is so adorable that you can’t help but get swept up in it. Always love when a movie surpasses your expectations. I can also confirm Kate Hudson is completely deserving of her nomination in this, she’s amazing in it.
-Z
The previews for this mostly left me rolling my eyes, so I did not have much hope when we learned we had to watch this for Kate Hudson's acting nomination. But despite the feel-good energy that comes with a Christmas Day release, this was a solid story that wasn't as over the top as I feared. The plot is a little too convenient and coincidental at times for this to rise above an 8 for me, but I do have to admit that I'm glad I had a reason to watch it!
-E
