In the first film, koala impresario Buster Moon threw together a singing contest to save his struggling theater. The follow-up raises the stakes by sending him and his stable of furry, scaly talent to the big time.

Bono croons one of his own classics in character as a reclusive rock star lion who, in this parallel universe, wrote one of U2’s greatest hits.

[W]ith the addition of chart-topping musicians Halsey and Pharrell Williams, while introducing U2’s Bono in his first animated film role.

As in the original film, they’re led by Buster the koala, who’s a kind of furry Kermit the Frog: a mostly unflappable manager who genuinely wants to produce good art.

It’s a vibrant, amusing comedy whose story....[A] peppy, often visually dazzling follow-up.