'Back to Black' review: Frustrating biopic flattens Amy Winehouse story
Empathetic to the late singer's ex-husband and father, film seems to be a response to the defining, Oscar-winning doc 'Amy.'
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Empathetic to the late singer's ex-husband and father, film seems to be a response to the defining, Oscar-winning doc 'Amy.'
It would be a challenging undertaking for any filmmaker to attempt to represent the outsize talent, unique style and utterly devastating downfall of soul singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse in biopic form. It's a thankless task for any actor too. To quote one of Winehouse's most poignant ballads, the en
Marisa Abela plays the late Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson's “Back to Black,” a jukebox musical dramatization of her life. In her review, Associated Press Film Writer Lindsey Bahr writes
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The facts get softened and shuffled for an Amy Winehouse biopic that leaves her perspective at the edges.