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- 'Back to Black' brings Amy Winehouse's story to the big screen
- When: Back to Black is in theaters May 17.
- What to know: The drama looks at Winehouse's early rise to fame, all the way through the making of her Grammy-winning album Back to Black.
- Director Sam Taylor-Johnson told Yahoo Entertainment that she felt “a huge responsibility” in staying true to the singer’s story on film.
- "Whatever our judgments are of situations she was in or people that she loved, it was irrelevant to the story I was telling because we were sort of in her creative soul as she created one of the best albums of our time," she explained.
- Why I'll be watching: Actress Marisa Abela's transformation into Winehouse looks remarkable and she does her own singing in the movie.
- — Taryn Ryder, entertainment reporter
- May 15, 2024
May 17, 2024 · “Back to Black” makes a martyr of its subject, flattening Amy Winehouse's life and music to a series of binges and failure to overcome heartbreak. It viciously strips her of any agency or humanity, positing her to be nothing more than a tragedy with an iconic album.
34% Tomatometer 170 Reviews 86% Audience Score 100+ Verified Ratings The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse's early rise to fame and the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black....
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May 14, 2024 · Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, Back to Black tries to be both a back-to-basics music biopic — complete with an early eureka moment (see: a young Amy gingerly working her way through...
May 16, 2024 · “Back to Black” is far from the first biopic that smooths the edges off real people for the Hollywood treatment. But because the movie’s stated aim is to re-center Amy in her own story, it ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Is it surprising that Back to Black, director Sam Taylor-Johnson's hotly anticipated biopic of Amy Winehouse, is garnering such mixed reviews?
May 16, 2024 · Back To Black 's greatest selling point is watching Marisa Abela become the icon we recognize as Amy Winehouse. The actress may not convince the viewer right away in her transformation as the...
Apr 9, 2024 · “Back to Black,” the 2006 album that the new Amy Winehouse biopic takes its title from, is a record built on an exquisite contradiction. The music has a crispy delicious retro-bop bounce, a...
Apr 9, 2024 · Back to Black is a fitfully enjoyable little package that will do wonders for the careers of Abela and O’Connell. But unlike Winehouse’s oeuvre, it’s not worth taking seriously.
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Apr 9, 2024 · 'Industry' star Marisa Abela steps into Amy Winehouse's signature ballet shows with impressive skill in new film 'Back To Black'.
Apr 9, 2024 · ‘Back to Black’ Review: Flawed but Affecting Amy Winehouse Biopic Benefits From Marisa Abela’s Intensely Physical Performance. Sam Taylor-Johnson's film about the dazzlingly talented English...
