Cantar! 2

What makes "Sing 2" enjoyable are the tunes.

Another insta-charmer about overcoming fears and stepping into the spotlight that will be a hit with the entire family.

A cinematic masterpiece it is not. But "Sing 2"is good enough.

All glitz and no heart.

If Sing 2 teaches [young viewers] anything, it is to plan for a future in negotiating music licensing for films -- hopefully for ones better than this one.

Heart and humor that will delight young audiences while the parents will get a kick out of the eclectic mix of songs.

It's a family thing, but there's not a lot for the whole family to enjoy.

Here's hoping this will be the rare franchise that continues to get better with each installment.

It's empty calories, and a highly calculated musical sugar rush. Still, this franchise from Illumination doesn't really aspire to be anything more than fun, and on the most basic level, delivers just enough of it.

Sing 2 is better than the original. I wasn't actively hate-watching this one.

It's a vibrant, amusing comedy whose story, from returning writer-director Garth Jennings, may be a bit overstuffed for its intended audience. Though that's not likely to hurt this peppy, often visually dazzling followup.

Not that the predecessor was much better in execution, but this time around the nearly wall-to-wall parade of pop songs rings oppressive in its relentlessness desperation to please.

In this animalian world, there's nothing more sacred than music. If only Jennings' off-key karaoke party had that same reverence for its selections, or a fraction of the soul that was required to make them.

Returning director Garth Jennings knew enough not to mess with the formula.

The pacing is so frenetic that audiences will likely never have more than a millisecond to appreciate the textures or the visual spectacle of a shot before it's already zipped ahead to the next sequence.

The turning point in "Sing 2" happens about 45 minutes in, when a porcupine croons a wistful version of U2's "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of."

The songs might get stuck in your head, but "Sing 2" won't.

Illumination Entertainment producers Christopher Meledandri and Janet Healy have clearly hit on a winning strategy, one that they unabashedly reprise in this disarmingly endearing sequel.

While a laudable message for a kids movie, it's drowned out by the movie's commercialized blare.

Think of it instead as an elaborate machinery of joy, and it's easier to appreciate how every choice seems designed to put a smile on people's faces.