Sam Taylor-Johnson's film about the dazzlingly talented English singer who died at age 27 also features Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville.
Fans regularly make film biopics about famous musicians successful, but they also love to nitpick the results. Or to misquote Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division and the subject of a rather good musical biopic , love will tear apart any work of fan service if it screws up the story, paints the subject in too unflattering a light or, worst of all, mangles the music with impersonations that barely rise above the level of karaoke.
Likewise, Blake Fielder-Civil, Winehouse husband, inspiration and object of her addictive obsession, gets a little reputation rehab here too thanks to a quite sympathetic portrait from the script and Jack O’Connell’s charismatic performance. What ends up being described by Blake in the film as a “toxic co-dependency” is also a proper love story too, a relationship built as much around Amy and Blake’s worst instincts as their finer feelings.
Her talent, her grit, her beauty and her rage are as inexplicable as the song sung by the canary she inherits from Cynthia. But then that’s biopics — they always leave you wanting more.Cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville, Juliet Cowan, Sam Buchanan, Harley Bird, Ansu Kavia, Therica Wilson-Read, Bronson WebbPrivacy Policy
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