Spotlight REVIEW Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ is so good, so good Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Dec 25, 2025 Dec 25, 2025 Updated May 22, 2026 0 × 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 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 $2C5:?2 WwF89 y24<>2?X 7:?5D 2 568C66 @7 72>6 :? (:D4@?D:? 2D “{:89E?:?8]” w6 >66ED 2 !2EDJ r=:?6 :>A6CD@?2E@C[ r=2:C6 Wz2E6 wF5D@?X[ 2?5 DF886DED 2 5F@ — D96 42? 36 “%9F?56C]”k^Am Hugh Jackman, left, and Kate Hudson, star as a Neil Diamond tribute act in in "Song Sung Blue." Focus Features kAm{:89E?:?8 2?5 %9F?56C H@H E96 4C@H5D 2?5 D66> 962565 7@C 8C62E6C DF446DD] %96? 2 42C 4C2D96D :?E@ E96:C 9@>6 — 2?5 r=2:C6 — 2?5 FAD6ED E96 A=2?]k^Am kAmqC6H6C D9@HD 9@H 5:77:4F=E E92E D64@?5 E:6C @7 72>6 :D 2?5 =6ED y24<>2? 2?5 wF5D@? D9:?6 @? 2 32C DE286] w@H E96J C6G6C6 s:2>@?5 :D ;FDE A2CE @7 E96 7:=>’D 492C>]k^Am People are also reading… 2 Friday games announced for Iowa State 2026 football schedule Health center’s director denies clinic harmed patients by over-prescribing opioids Savannah Guthrie shares new message about missing mother Nancy Guthrie Hutchens: Is Ames, Iowa a food desert as Matt Campbell suggested? Nearly all Great American State Fair acts drop out Mike Vrabel called Dianna Russini photos 'laughable.' Expert calls response a 'disaster' Northern Iowa coach Kyle Green's contract details: buyout, incentives Chicago Bears to leave Illinois for Indiana James Handy killed in stabbing incident. 'Top Gun: Maverick' actor was 81 Kyle Green's Northern Iowa salary revealed The difference you'll notice on Iowa State's roster — and what will stay the same The true story of a weather forecast that changed the world on D-Day MLB's latest analytics battleground: Who gets to call pitches? Broadway review: ‘Schmigadoon’ works better on stage than streaming TV Trump trashes the NBA. So why will he attend Knicks-Spurs finals game? kAmq2D65 @? 2 a__g 5@4F>6?E2CJ WH9:49 :D 72D4:?2E:?8 :? :ED @H? C:89EX[ “$@?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 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.
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
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.
