“Nostalgia pays,” pronounces Claire (Kate Hudson) to Mike (Hugh Jackman) in Song Sung Blue. Craig Brewer believes the same about kitsch and schmaltz, both of which are heartily peddled by the writer/director’s latest, which hits theaters Dec. 25.
Desperate to be the feel-good film of the holiday season and yet compromised by a flabby middle section that stops the action dead in its tracks, this “based on a true love story” about a pair of musical “interpreters” who come together to form a Neil Diamond tribute act is tailor-made for the singer-songwriter’s fans, and elevated by appealing turns from its headliners.
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