Back to Black

Back to Black

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 122 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Stars: Marisa Abela, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Jack O'Connell, Juliet Cowan, Bronson Webb, Ansu Kabia, Harley Bird, Michael S. Siegel, Matilda Thorpe, Jeff Tunke, Ryan O'Doherty, Izaak Cainer, Tracey Lushington, Sam Buchanan
  • Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
 Comments
  • castinggal-44753 - 26 June 2024
    Brilliant Biopic
    One of the best biopics I've seen in a while. Brilliantly done and shows the lost girl who lived inside the superstar. Amy Winehouse was a true genius and this film does her justice. I'm confused about all the critics who dislike it saying there were things excluded and my response is: This is a biopic. They had 2 hours in which to encapsulate her life. Obviously they can't put in everything. No biopic does. But it does tell her story well and show the free spirit that she was. Marisa Abela is phenomenal - you think you're watching Winehouse. In the old days she would have won an Oscar for sure. Fully recommend this movie.
  • arkblue - 9 June 2024
    Not bad, not great either
    Having been an Amy fan, watched multiple docs about her life, this was something of a let down. Maybe for people that don't know much, it would be ok.

    It was a delight to see some of the early years of her life and the extremely close relationship she had with her Nan. And while Marisa Abela has a lovely voice, she doesn't come close to approach the richness and grit that Amy had. There was a tragic darkness to Amy, even as a teenager, and that just does not come thru.

    I am also curious if her family worked closely on this film project. They portray her dad as being caring. And while I won't pretend to understand their family, everything I'd ever seen, he didn't seem as concerned with her growing addiction issues. The father was depicted in a much more water down, caring, doting, type.

    The timeline was a bit problematic too, and it was not clear at times where Amy was at in life, and at some moments it was flat out wrong.

    Like my title says, not bad, not great either.