和五年前的第一部电影一样，《Sing 2》大多是分层次的，提供各种家长会认得的流行歌曲的自动点唱机，还有可爱的动画动物将它们带出来以转移孩子们的注意力。结果是孩子们在卡拉 OK 中轻松练习，配乐胜过电影，许多明星再次为合唱团献声。
核心球员基本保持不变，考拉熊经理巴斯特·穆恩（马修·麦康纳，他最近的职业生涯不错的决定包括不唱歌或不竞选德克萨斯州州长）押注他有能力在红海岸市举办一场精心设计的舞台表演。很像拉斯维加斯。
不幸的是，经营这个地方的冷酷赌场大亨 (Bobby Cannavale) 坚持要求巴斯特让一头年老的摇滚明星狮子 (Bono) 参与，他基本上已经成为隐士，作为资助制作的条件，只是其中一个巴斯特和他的伙伴们遇到的许多障碍。
除了波诺之外，合法的音乐明星法瑞尔·威廉姆斯和哈尔西加入回归的演员阵容，瑞茜·威瑟斯彭、斯嘉丽·约翰逊、塔伦·埃格顿、托丽·凯利和尼克·克罗尔，编剧兼导演加思·詹宁斯也将重演这个角色。
尽管如此，“Sing”的真正明星还是音乐，制作人似乎在这方面不遗余力，其中包括 U2 的“Where the Streets Have No Name”（波诺在那里是有原因的）的曲调名单如“让我们疯狂吧”，“再见黄砖路”，“更高的爱”，“我说一点祈祷”等等。
动画色彩丰富，冗长的表演——在相当大的压力下进行——占电影的很大一部分。
这是空卡路里，以及高度计算的音乐糖分。尽管如此，来自 Illumination 的这个系列（“卑鄙的我”和“小黄人”背后的服装）并没有真正渴望变得更加有趣，并且在最基本的层面上，它提供了足够的东西，尤其是对于青春期前的人演示。
此外，对于那些对他们的孩子的音乐品味感到畏缩的父母来说，这可能是一项公共服务，向孩子们介绍他们父母长大的一些歌曲，所有歌曲都包裹在明亮的拟人化包装中。
'Sing 2' cheerfully serves up another round of animated karaoke for kids
Like the first movie five years ago, "Sing 2" mostly works on split levels, offering a jukebox assortment of popular songs that parents will recognize, and having cute animated animals belt them out to divert children. The result is a breezy exercise in karaoke for kids, where the soundtrack beats the movie and a lot of stars again lend their voices to the chorus.
The core players remain largely the same, with koala bear impresario Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey, whose recent good career decisions include not singing or running for governor of Texas) betting on his ability to launch an elaborate stage show in Redshore City, which looks a whole lot like Las Vegas.
Unfortunately, the ruthless casino mogul (Bobby Cannavale) who runs the place insists that Buster land the participation of an aging rock-star lion (Bono), who has essentially become a hermit, as a condition of bankrolling the production, just one of the many hurdles that Buster and his pals encounter.
In addition to Bono, legit musical stars Pharrell Williams and Halsey join returning cast members Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, and Nick Kroll, with writer-director Garth Jennings reprising that role as well.
Still, the real star of "Sing" is the music, and the producers have seemingly spared no expense on that score, with a roster of tunes that include U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" (Bono's there for a reason) as well as "Let's Go Crazy," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Higher Love," "I Say a Little Prayer" and more.
The animation is colorful, with the protracted show -- mounted under considerable duress -- accounting for a sizable chunk of the movie.
It's empty calories, and a highly calculated musical sugar rush. Still, this franchise from Illumination (the outfit behind "Despicable Me" and "Minions") doesn't really aspire to be anything more than fun, and on the most basic level, delivers just enough of it, especially for the pre-puberty demo.
Besides, for parents who wince at their tykes' musical tastes, it's probably a public service introducing kids to some of the songs with which their moms and dads grew up, all wrapped in a bright, anthropomorphic package.
