While not especially deep, the combination of a star-studded cast and an equally star-studded music catalogue make for a fun time.

Sing is by no means the first animation to incorporate the talent-show format into its narrative, but it's certainly the most successful.

It helps that unlike the TV talent shows that inspired it, Sing hangs on to the popular, gifted contestants instead of sticking with the hot, marketable ones.

Sing five, heck, even ten songs well instead of 86 at random and indiscernible quality.