15 Upcoming Movies That Might Be Surprisingly Awesome
7. Sing
Release Date: December 21
Why It Should Suck: It's an animated movie about a singing contest for animals, and looks about as cynical as you'd expect from that logline. There doesn't even seem to be much of a reason for the characters to be animals, and the use of pop music rather than original songs will probably get grating insanely fast.
Why It Might Be Awesome: As easy as it is to be massively skeptical about this one, Garth Jennings is a solid filmmaker (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Son of Rambow) who knows how to wring emotion out of his movies.
In addition to hoping the trailers have intentionally kept the focus broadly bland, the cast includes Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Offerman, Seth MacFarlane, John C. Reilly, Leslie Jones and Jennifer Saunders, so that's a lot to like.