Hugh Jackman’s Track Sung Blue Debuts With 80% Rotten Tomatoes Rating

Hugh Jackman clearly hopes to return to the Oscars this yr, and his new film has debuted with robust if not common critiques. Jackman stars alongside Kate Hudson within the musical docudrama Track Sung Blue, a late entry to the 2026 Oscars race, written and directed by Craig Brewer, based mostly on the 2008 documentary of the identical title by Greg Kohs.

Premiering on the 2025 AFI Movie Pageant on October 26, Track Sung Blue will launch theatrically on Christmas Day 2025, alongside different awards season hopefuls Marty Supreme, The Testomony of Ann Lee, and No Different Selection. Track Sung Blue follows a married Milwaukee couple, Mike and Claire Sardina, who kind the Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder and go on an emotional musical journey collectively.

As of at this time (October 30), Track Sung Blue has acquired its preliminary Rotten Tomatoes rating, having acquired 10 critics’ critiques. Track Track Blue has debuted with a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer rating of 80%, broadly that means reviewers see it as a superb film. It was comparatively gradual to get this rating, because the film premiered a couple of days in the past, with critiques steadily trickling in.

Hudson, specifically, continues to be part of discussions about potential 2026 Greatest Lead Actress nominees, however might lose to Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I would Kick You and Amanda Seyfried for The Testomony of Ann Lee, seemingly the 2 strongest performances not hooked up to an apparent Greatest Image nominee. This is able to be Hudson’s first nomination since 2000’s Virtually Well-known.

Greatest recognized for enjoying Logan/Wolverine in Marvel’s varied tasks, Jackman’s final main flip on the Oscars was for 2012’s Les Misérables, for which he was nominated as Greatest Lead Actor. Because of this Broadway adaptation, in addition to tasks similar to The Best Showman and his performances on the stage, Jackman is a well-established determine within the musical theater world.

Track Sung Blue is positioned to be an Oscar comeback for each of its lead actors, who’ve nonetheless had prolific careers outdoors the Academy Awards. Nonetheless, in a particularly aggressive yr for Greatest Image, Track Sung Blue might merely not be robust sufficient to compete with the likes of One Battle After One other, Sinners, and Hamnet, in addition to these films’ casts.

Moreover, Rotten Tomatoes scores are topic to fluctuations. Whereas Track Sung Blue debuted with a powerful 80%, different hopeful Oscar films debuted with an ideal 100% and have managed to remain above 90% as extra critiques got here in. Track Sung Blue will most likely be a extremely gratifying vacation launch, particularly for Neil Diamond followers, I do not assume it has the momentum to repay in the best way its staff desires.