Is Back To Black a good movie? What do viewers think of this Emmy biopic?

Two months after the release of Bob Marley: One Love, it is the tragic fate of British singer Amy Winehouse that is at the center of the biopic “Back to Black”.

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, Fifty Shades of Grey) and directed by Marisa Abella (The Industry), the feature film depicts the life of a translator.RehabilitationBy creating one of the most iconic albums of our time, inspired by her passionate and tormented love story with Blake Fielder-Civil, played on screen by Jack O’Connell.

A feature film for which the actress learned to sing – because it is she who performs the songs heard in the film – and spent 2.5 hours a day on makeup.

What do early viewers think of this biopic about the singer who died of an alcohol overdose on July 23, 2011?

With 128 ratings at the time of writing, Back to Black has an average viewer rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars. That’s more than the press rating, which gives it a 2.6/5. Out of 28 reviews, the feature film has 19 ratings of 3 stars or less and 9 ratings of 2 stars or less.

If the majority of Internet users who wrote a review regret the cleaned side and the lack of emotion, the latter appreciate Marisa Abella.

rising star

Thus, Kelly Lilly gives the film a 5-star rating, with the review: “A very good role for this new rising star, who plays Amy wonderfully. A very well done biopic.” For Elorac M, it is “a very good biopic, moving and sad. The interpretation is excellent, but perhaps less weak than the reality. He was a crazy performer, a special voice, a separate and unique person”.

Benhdai writes: “Contrary to the criticism coming from England about Marisa Abella’s interpretation, I found it incredible, it’s a real find. She really knew how to portray Amy. We get all her rebellion, her sadness and darkness there. It’s really good. The film is mainly focused on Amy and About Jack’s relationship, it’s too bad not to mention all the friends who were around Amy and who also contributed to her descent into hell. All the jazz sounds are over.”

Too much focus on the love story of Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil

for strings, Back black is “a very good film. We have a very good time with the right music. Very good acting. However, the film is completely focused on Amy and her ill-fated love relationship. It seems diminished because we see so little. Who she really is is still very good It’s about time.”

If the feature film wanted to focus on Amy and Blake’s love story – for which he wrote most of the tracks on the album.Back black“- was at the center of the project from the beginning, the viewers condemn that this toxic novel is too idealized and does not allow us to really understand who Amy Winehouse was.

Thus, Internet user Jozere writes “It is a shame to reduce such a talented singer to watered-down love… To get to know the composer and the artist, it is better to refer to other works, for example, Sofian Fanen’s book. , “Emmy for Life“”. The opinion is shared by Damien Vabre, who gives the film an average rating: “Back To Black tells the story of love with Blake Fielder-Civil, his musical rise and reviews his addictions. Despite the terrifying interpretation of Marisa Abella and the pleasure of great songs, a linear, sophisticated biopic of the chaotic life of Amy Winehouse.

Finally, Math719 “Even if the acting is convincing, something is missing, it’s not very exciting and this movie lacks any real soul! We go around in circles a bit and leave the cinema a bit indifferent. Too bad some scenes are quite well done.”

But it is best to form your own opinion. Back black It’s currently in theaters.