Spotlight REVIEW Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ is so good, so good Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Dec 25, 2025 Dec 25, 2025 Updated Jul 20, 2026 × Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Song Sung Blue" is just the present we need this Christmas. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Writer/director Craig Brewer has figured out a way to get a singer’s catalogue in a film without telling an origin story.kAmx? “$@?8 $F?8 q=F6[” 96 9:89=:89ED E96 =:76 @7 2 }6:= s:2>@?5 “:?E6CAC6E6C]” p C68F=2C @? E96 DE2E6 72:C 4:C4F:E[ |:<6 $2C5:?2 WwF89 y24<>2?X 7:?5D 2 568C66 @7 72>6 :? (:D4@?D:? 2D “{:89E?:?8]” w6 >66ED 2 !2EDJ r=:?6 :>A6CD@?2E@C[ r=2:C6 Wz2E6 wF5D@?X[ 2?5 DF886DED 2 5F@ — D96 42? 36 “%9F?56C]”k^Am Hugh Jackman, left, and Kate Hudson, star as a Neil Diamond tribute act in in "Song Sung Blue." Focus Features kAm{:89E?:?8 2?5 %9F?56C H@H E96 4C@H5D 2?5 D66> 962565 7@C 8C62E6C DF446DD] %96? 2 42C 4C2D96D :?E@ E96:C 9@>6 — 2?5 r=2:C6 — 2?5 FAD6ED E96 A=2?]k^Am kAmqC6H6C D9@HD 9@H 5:77:4F=E E92E D64@?5 E:6C @7 72>6 :D 2?5 =6ED y24<>2? 2?5 wF5D@? D9:?6 @? 2 32C DE286] w@H E96J C6G6C6 s:2>@?5 :D ;FDE A2CE @7 E96 7:=>’D 492C>]k^Am People are also reading… Former Mount Horeb star sidelined for freshman season with Wisconsin men's basketball Mom says Wautoma player can't walk, talk after hit in football game 2 Wisconsin sheriff races test the future of local ICE cooperation MLB playoff heroes' stories teach us about value of low-cost youth sports 3 things to know about Bucks' new signee, Johni Broome Lake Geneva moves closer to purchasing land for public safety facility Dragon Days Fantasy Festival conducted in Lake Geneva Social Security COLA 2027: How much could your benefits increase? Mom says Wautoma player can't walk, talk after hit in football game Week 7 high school football scores Lake Geneva artist to have works displayed during fall show Fact check: Could Tom Tiffany have ended the Iran War? Instant analysis from the Brewers' NLDS-clinching Game 4 win over the Padres New Bucks guard wing checks several boxes for rebuild Sign and facade improvements approved for Simple Cafe kAmq2D65 @? 2 a__g 5@4F>6?E2CJ WH9:49 :D 72D4:?2E:?8 :? :ED @H? C:89EX[ “$@?8 $F?8 q=F6” >2<6D J@F 4966C 7@C E96 F?56C5@8 H9:=6 2AAC64:2E:?8 E9@D6 =686?52CJ }6:= D@?8D] x7 @?=J E96 C646?E $AC:?8DE66? 3:@ 925 E9:D 2?8=6]k^Am Life-entertainment Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson work to approximate impersonators in ‘Song Sung Blue’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack kAmwF5D@? C62==J =62?D :?E@ 96C C@=6 — H2E49 E96 5@4F>6?E2CJ 2?5 J@F’== D66 — 2?5 6I9:3:ED 2 8C62E G@:46 E92E >2<6D J@F H@?56C :7 :E’D E:>6 7@C 2?@E96C !2EDJ r=:?6 >@G:6]k^Am kAmy24<>2? :D 8C62E[ E@@[ 3FE |:<6 :D DF49 2 =:89E?:?8 C@5 @7 6>@E:@?D E92E :E’D 92C5 ?@E E@ 25>:C6 9:D E2<6 @? 2? @C:8:?2=]k^Am kAmu:==65 H:E9 5C2>2E:4[ =:76\2=E6C:?8 >@>6?ED[ “$@?8 $F?8 q=F6” 4@F=5 92G6 366? 5@?6 H:E9@FE 2?J @7 E9@D6 “D@ 8@@5[ D@ 8@@5” 4=2DD:4D 2?5 DE:== 366? 2 4@>A6==:?8 244@F?E] (:E9 E96>[ :E >2<6D J@F H2?E E@ D66 H92E :E H2D E92E DA2C<65 {:89E?:?8]k^Am kAmqC6H6C 5@6D?’E C6HC:E6 H92E 5@4F>6?E2C:2? vC68 z@9D =2:5 5@H?[ 3FE 96 5@6D 4@CC64E D@>6 @7 E96 2AAC@249 E@ E96 4@FA=6’D DE@CJ] %96 ?@?7:4E:@? 7:=> 86ED :?E@ E96 72>:=J =:76 2 3:E >@C6[ 3FE E9:D 42AEFC6D 2== E96 962CE]k^Am kAm(96? y24<>2? 2?5 wF5D@? D:?8 E@86E96C[ J@F H:D9 J@F 4@F=5 92G6 D66? E96> @? @?6 @7 E9@D6 72:C DE286D 2?5 962C5 E96 C624E:@?]k^AmkAm“$@?8 $F?8 q=F6” 4C24<=6D[ ;FDE =:<6 #@D:6] s:2>@?5 D9@F=5 36 AC@F5 @7 E96 :?DA:C2E:@? 96 AC@G:565 |:<6 2?5 r=2:C6 — 2?5 FD]k^Amk2D:56 4=2DDlQE?4>D\:?=:?6\C6=4@?E6?E E?4>D\:?=:?6\C6=4@?E6?E\:?7@Qmk9cmU=DBF@j$@?8 $F?8 q=F6UCDBF@jk^9cmkAmb ½ DE2CDk^Am kAmkDEC@?8m#2E65ik^DEC@?8m !v\`b 7@C E96>2E:4 >2E6C:2=[ D@>6 DEC@?8 =2?8F286[ D@>6 D6IF2= >2E6C:2= 2?5 3C:67 5CF8 FD6]k^Am kAmkDEC@?8m#F?E:>6ik^DEC@?8m `bb >:?FE6Dk^Am kAmkDEC@?8mqCF46’D E2<6ik^DEC@?8m %9:D :D E96 7:=> J@F 42? E2<6 8C2?5>2 E@ 2?5 <?@H D96’== =:<6 :E]k^Amk^2D:56m Life-entertainment Rob Reiner's legacy and chatting with the stars of 'Song Sung Blue' | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story All 55 of Neil Diamond's Hot 100 hits, ranked from worst to best As the man himself once sang: Get on board — we're gonna ride till there ain't no more to go. Movies in a Minute: "Song sung Blue" Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Song Sung Blue" is just the present we need this Christmas.
Life-entertainment Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson work to approximate impersonators in ‘Song Sung Blue’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises
Life-entertainment Rob Reiner's legacy and chatting with the stars of 'Song Sung Blue' | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises
All 55 of Neil Diamond's Hot 100 hits, ranked from worst to best As the man himself once sang: Get on board — we're gonna ride till there ain't no more to go.
Movies in a Minute: "Song sung Blue" Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Song Sung Blue" is just the present we need this Christmas.
