Tearjerking movie Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and a Golden Globe-nominated Kate Hudson, tells the true story of Mike and Claire Sardina who met, fell in love, and made a living singing Neil Diamond classics to audiences in and around Milwaukee in the 1990s.

Claire's return to this place indicates that she is coming to terms with her pain. Mike's son plays a song that he would sing annually at the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The ending of Song Sung Blue signifies that one's wealth and fame cannot protect them from loss. It's a part of human life, and all one can do is live with it.

Who stars in "Song Sung Blue"? Is the documentary the movie is based on available on streaming? We have answers to these questions and more.

I might declare Sung Song Blue the best movie I didn’t see coming this year. Despite looking forward to almost every music biopic, music documentary, and music-based TV show in a given year, this one wasn’t really even on my radar until a couple of weeks before I caught it at the tail end of 2025, before looking ahead to the 2026 movie schedule

Writer-director Craig Brewer breaks down the true story of Mike and Claire Sardina — including what he had to condense for time and any dramatic embellishments he made.