This is my jam. this is exactly the kind of thing I would watch because I’m interested in the actual material, and not even for review purposes, or awards consideration. if this had just popped up on Netflix, for example, it would be on like Donkey Kong. So, noticing that there’s a film in 2025 still trying to bring light to acapella groups, I was excited. it feels like things have moments, and this isn’t the moment for vocal jazz.I don’t even hear about pentatonix as much as I used to. These types of groups had their moment coming out of glee, with the Sing Off, Pitch perfect, and other pop culture mainstays bringing attention to this really fun world of remixing songs and battling for top honors.

In this case, we get a group coming out of USC and we learn a little about the kids in the group. they all come from different walks of life, but share a passion for music and performing. One boy talks about starting to find himself as a young gay college student, coming out of some red state like a Dakota or Iowa. One of those states where I always wonder… what gay culture? As someone who grew up in a rural red state area, the idea of having a community where I grew up seems impossible.So of course he feels at home singing his face off with a bunch of college kids in California. Who wouldn’t?

From here, it becomes hard to talk about the film without revealing the trajectory. I do always wonder when a documentarian embeds themselves in a team of any kind, without knowing how far they’ll go, does it make it easier if the story ends on an inspirational and rewarding note, or would the filmmaker have been just as happy turning this into a sad documentary about a group that didn’t achieve their goals and dreams. We always seem to get documentaries about the winners, or the ones who rise above all adversity and at least get close to the finish despite all odds. I don’t think the odds are necessarily against these kids, but it is nice getting to know them.

I really liked this. the only problem I have with just Sing, is that it lands a bit on the inconsequential yet fun side, which I never seem to champion as the best of the year. I always find myself, every single year, finding some documentary that wrecks me, destroys my being, and crushes my soul in the way only film can do. if anything, this is the film to watch right after that. it’s bright, shiny, fun, and everything a streamer should love and pick up immediately. It is born to entertain, not to change lives, or save the environment. it can’t compete against world on fire documentaries, while we see two active wars being fought in Europe and the Middle East, and Americans at home dealing with a lot right now.

And, as a blind film critic, I’m aware the film doesn’t have audio description. but, it also doesn’t have distribution, and really feels like something Netflix would pick up. It could get audio description along the way. Like most documentaries, there isn’t a ton of dead air to fill with audio description. there’s talking, singing, and that just fills the runtime. But, I think if you are really interested, you’ll get the basic trajectory of the film. I picked up the joy this film put down, and picked up on the hardship these kids have gone through in their short lives. I think another Tribeca film emotionally grabbed me more, but this is my favorite out of the block of films I saw at this years festival.

Can it make my Top 10 at the end of the year? I don’t know. I’d be happy if it was there.

Final Grade: 91/100