“Song Sung Blue” and “The Smashing Machine” are both biopics that came out this year based on documentaries with the same name about their real-life subjects. However, the results couldn’t be more ...

Like Neil Diamond himself, "Song Sung Blue" — the story of a Neil Diamond tribute act working through life's trials and tribulations — is a little bit schmaltzy, but full of heart and warmth. Or, as ...

Song Sung Blue, about a pair of Neil Diamond tribute singers, conveniently hides behind its “true story” credentials. Enough of its improbable events are true that the film feels licensed to gussy up ...

There are a lot of ways that “Song Sung Blue” — a film about real Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lighting and Thunder — could have gone awry. The premise alone could be a “Saturday Night Live” ...

“Song Sung Blue” won me over early on, when a bar fight breaks out over the remark shouted by a leather-clad biker dude: “Neil Diamond sucks.” Fighting words, bordering on heresy. Whether you love Mr.

Before I get around to weighing in on Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue,” know this: If you, like me, grew up in a household where your dad sometimes listened to Neil Diamond, it is my professional duty ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 (UPI) --It's official. They've run out of musicians so it's time for tribute band biopics. Song Sung Blue, in theaters Thursday, feels like it is exploiting people who did not ask ...

It’s easy to be cynical about a heartwarming musical biopic like “Song Sung Blue.” Heck, if anything that cynicism is reasonable — these movies are dime a dozen, overstocked, and going on sale. The ...

Early on in Song Sung Blue, there’s a scene where Hugh Jackman’s character, Mike Sardina, steps up to a microphone and starts singing the movie’s titular Neil Diamond classic before heading to the ...

Running time: 132 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use). In theaters Dec. 25. If there’s one slam-dunk choice in “Song Sung Blue,” ...

If you do not know the story of Lightning & Thunder, you’d be forgiven for assuming the saga of the Milwaukee-based husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act in the 1990s was the stuff of fiction. But ...

There are a lot of ways “Song Sung Blue” — a film about real Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lighting and Thunder — could have gone awry. The premise alone could be a “Saturday Night Live” sketch, ...