Back to Black review: Biopic struggles to get under Amy Winehouse's skin
Marisa Abela does an extraordinary job in the new film, but it fails to shine any substantial additional light on the late singer.
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Marisa Abela does an extraordinary job in the new film, but it fails to shine any substantial additional light on the late singer.
Competent but occasionally clunky, Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is enlivened by a superb Marisa Abela.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his wife, ‘Back to Black’ director Sam Taylor-Johnson, held hands during date night at the film’s afterparty
"Morally repugnant!!" wrote one critic, while another said the biopic was "so bad it made me gasp in horror."
Critics are praising Marisa Abela's portrayal of Amy Winehouse in Back to Black, despite other overall issues with the biopic.