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May 30, 2024 · Despite positive audience acclaim, 'Back to Black' fails to win over critics, who criticize its shallow portrayal of Amy Winehouse's life. While Marisa Abela's performance captures flashes of Winehouse's essence, the film's focus on disturbed relationships over understanding the singer disappoints.
- Belmont Film House
- Aditi Rai
May 31, 2024 · Although showcasing her great talent, I wish that writer Matt Greenhalgh had shown us more of the singer’s generous donations to many charities and individuals, Pop World naming her “the most charitable act.” But then the film at 2 hours and 2 minutes is already long enough.
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Jun 3, 2024 · The film was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script written by Matt Greenhalgh, who previously collaborated on 2009’s Nowhere Boy. It stars Marisa Abela (Industry) as Winehouse, Jack...
Jun 4, 2024 · The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s (Marisa Abela) early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, BACK TO BLACK, that catapulted Winehouse to global fame.
Jun 3, 2024 · The film was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script written by Matt Greenhalgh, who previously collaborated on 2009’s Nowhere Boy. It stars Marisa Abela (Industry) as Winehouse, Jack...
Jun 5, 2024 · Matt Greenhalgh‘s contrived script begins with Amy as a bright-eyed London teenager who spends her days writing songs, getting tattoos with friends, and performing small gigs in the London suburb of Camden.
Jun 3, 2024 · She’d been planning to shoot some commercials and reset, but she was excited by Matt Greenhalgh’s Back to Black script; by Taylor-Johnson’s desire to create outside the traditional biopic rubric; and by the intensely personal nature of the material, some of which she was familiar with.
