Review of Sing a Bit of Harmony
The movie starts and seems interesting at first with the initial worldbuilding. Fast forward to Shion in the classroom, and the moment she starts singing, and says "...are you happy yet?"...I let out a deep groan...I thought to myself, "(sigh)...well since I'm here, I'll just finish this thing and clean this out of my system later..." And as the movie progressed.... My expectations were flipped, and I ended up incredibly satisfied. The singing and the music score really does make Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete feel like a Disney movie, and I'm not a Disney movie fan whatsoever. In fact I basically despise Disney movies andsinging in movies in general. But the progression and the ever tightening story with Shion basically changing the characters as the movie progressed made me start to enjoy the movie a lot, to the point where the singing and music score augmented the feeling of the movie! Impossible!! But I enjoyed it once I started to see where everything was going.
And the climax...that's what basically brought everything together and made this an incredible movie. Towards the end, it felt like those sad Thai commercials on YouTube I used to intentionally make myself cry with back in the day, but more wholesome though, lol...
Really though, if the musical feel and the music score feels like something you'll probably hate and regret spending time on, I highly suggest you keep going with this movie. It will genuinely surprise you.
8/10