Not as good as the critics said
I've heard many gush over this film. I just couldn't really get behind the contrived setups:
The songs were almost studio grade from the beginning.
The bully was so easy to get him to change course.
The head master priest was straight out of The Wall. Hitting kids in the face with no worry of a parent beating his ass?
Some of it was also just polished over:
Wanted to at least know the band members. Other than one liking rabbits I didn't feel like they were really that much of a team.
The sister? In the conversation with the older brother he states he paved the way for his younger brother. So where did the sister fit in?
Decent film that does make you remember the MTV days. But where Once made you care for the material, Sing Street makes you miss the decade.