Spotlight REVIEW Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ is so good, so good Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Dec 25, 2025 Dec 25, 2025 0 × Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Song Sung Blue" is just the present we need this Christmas. Facebook Twitter Bluesky 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… Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard addresses women's basketball transfers, Bill Fennelly's future 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle What Iowa State's Milan Momcilovic said about future after Tennessee game A year after Trump's DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended question what was saved Report: Iowa State fan-favorite Cade Kelderman enters transfer portal Yes, the pros get nervous, too. Here's how Stephen Curry and others deal with it What Iowa State star Addy Brown said in transfer portal announcement Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund falls short Spring Football Notebook: Is Kirk Ferentz concerned about Iowa’s special teams after offseason exodus? ICE arrested over 800 people after tips from US airport security agency Freshman Freya Jensen changes mind on transfer portal, returning to Iowa State What to Stream: Sydney Sweeney, 'Malcolm in the Middle,' Jonah Hill, 'Hacks' and Ella Langley Outer space conditions hamper sperm's ability to navigate toward an egg Iowa men's basketball lands commitment from 2026 Iowa Mr. Basketball ‘Stay Low, Shoot High’: How Taylor McCabe trusted the process, transformed herself into the player Iowa needed kAmq2D65 @? 2 a__g 5@4F>6?E2CJ WH9:49 :D 72D4:?2E:?8 :? :ED @H? C:89EX[ “$@?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 $AC:?8DE66? 3:@ 925 E9:D 2?8=6]k^Am Movies & TV Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson work to approximate impersonators in ‘Song Sung Blue’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed | Omny Studio kAmwF5D@? C62==J =62?D :?E@ 96C C@=6 — H2E49 E96 5@4F>6?E2CJ 2?5 J@F’== D66 — 2?5 6I9:3:ED 2 8C62E G@:46 E92E >2<6D J@F H@?56C :7 :E’D E:>6 7@C 2?@E96C !2EDJ r=:?6 >@G:6]k^Am kAmy24<>2? :D 8C62E[ E@@[ 3FE |:<6 :D DF49 2 =:89E?:?8 C@5 @7 6>@E:@?D E92E :E’D 92C5 ?@E E@ 25>:C6 9:D E2<6 @? 2? @C:8:?2=]k^Am kAmu:==65 H:E9 5C2>2E:4[ =:76\2=E6C:?8 >@>6?ED[ “$@?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 Movies & TV Rob Reiner's legacy and chatting with the stars of 'Song Sung Blue' | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises 0 Comments Related to this story 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.
Movies & TV Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson work to approximate impersonators in ‘Song Sung Blue’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises
Movies & TV Rob Reiner's legacy and chatting with the stars of 'Song Sung Blue' | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises
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.
