BACK TO BLACK Movie Review | Amy Winehouse | Marisa Abela | Jack O'Connell

More of Christy’s British accent, for fun 😆.

Hey now, Rocketman was great!

ROCKETMAN WAS A GREAT FILM‼️‼️‼️

Can’t believe they made this. Amy deserved better

The trailer said it “No Nooo NO”

It's pretty rare that I find myself agreeing with every single critique of a film review, but you two hit all the key points that I thought of. Marisa Abela is great as Amy Winehouse. But the rest of the hagiography, not so much. It's got some nice scenes here and there, but this film is mostly fluff. And one more confusing thing! Was the barfing in the bathroom scene meant to hint at Amy's well-documented bulimia? Or was she just sick after drinking too much one night? Who knows!

Phoney is the perfect word for it! I have been dreading this - the promotions have been so thuddingly out touch with reality in presenting the movie's themes ("I ain't no Spice Girl" "That's my daughter!") I fall into a rage every time I hear them. Mitch Winehouse is right at the top of worst celebrity parent leeches - it's right in the song that he talked her our of rehab! In a time when pop culture only wants to reform pop princesses who were perfect victims there should be space for a look into someone who life was far more complicated and messy but capable of genuine talent. Amy Winehouse deserved so much more and now on top of everything else she's gotten the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' treatment, so infuriating

I appreciate the nuanced convo about this film acknowledging the flaws while also addressing the solid performance & costume design

Saw it in sneak this week. I loved the doc and left this thinking I must have misremembered the doc because of the differences I thought I'd just seen. I did leave happy though when I saw the credits listing her as the singer. I did figure the family had to be involved though once I started questioning it all. I remember saying about the doc that it should be required viewing for anyone wanting to get into the public eye and showbiz. I'll rewatch it now and get pissed!

I don't like that the ads on TV are of Amy dissing the Spice Girls. I'm not a SG fan, but it seems strange that in promoting a movie about a female singer, they have to have her tear down other female singers. And not to be cruel, but the Spice Girls are still alive, so having Amy be so disdainful of them makes her look even worse.

These are the reviews that keep me coming back 😂 y'all are the best ❤️

It's very hard to get warts and all in a biopic of someone who is beloved and deceased.

I had the opportunity to watch this movie for free yesterday and quite liked it. Since I had not seen the documentary I didn’t know that some of it was factually wrong. I did however see no issue with her saying no to hard drugs and later taking them. A lot of time had passed and it was very clear why she did it, it was not sudden at all. The sudden number one album also did not seem sudden at all, so the movie made sense to me. But I will now watch the documentary to get the truth about her father etc.

I just saw it last night with a friend. I really enjoyed it! But, I will admit, i am not familiar with Amy Winehouse's life. So, to hear there are chunks of truth missing in this film is disheartening. Marisa Abela is FANTASTIC. I'm going to watch the Amy documentary ASAP!

Interesting take about biopics being "estate sanctioned" as @commandZee succinctly put it being a bad sign. I must note that not having the family sign off on a film can also be a bad sign. The Aaliyah movie comes to mind(granted it's a Lifetime film so take with that what you will but still). For those unaware this movie about a popular female singer who also died young, was produced by Wendy Williams and Zendaya was supposed to start in it but she backed out. The family didn't approve and if you've seen it you could see why.

We have very good documentaries, a moratorium on music biopics pls :) Still have the Michael Jackson, Dylan, Sinatra, Springsteen & entire Beatles Cinematic Universe to come, God help us :)

It's definitely missing a lot of context. You have to know the story and be an Amy Winehouse fan to fill in the gaps.

I disagree, I enjoyed this movie. The acting was outstanding, and the movie flowed very well. Still I appreciate your reviews.

Whyyyyy…… This is sad to hear. The doc is sooo good. STJ, what are ya doing???💔

The movie made $6 Million plus in the US. And it has made $47 Million plus worldwide. Go figure!!