I finished this movie and could not believe what I just saw. What an absolute waste of 2 hours!! I feel like if someone who does not know about Amy Winehouse watches this movie they will come out with a completely skewed perspective on her. It does an incredibly poor job of setting the scene, does NOTHING to establish her relationship with music. It is a shame.
Where is her slow love building towards jazz music as she interacted more and more with her maternal uncles who performed in bands? What about the lasting impact her mothers' death probably ended up having on her dad, which is why he clung onto her the way he did and really was not able to push her to rehabilitate herself properly? Why are we having a flashback of her intimacy with her love interest when she says goodbye to her grandmother who was such an important part of her life?
Not to mention her rise to fame, how she made a name for herself, none of that exists in this movie? Why would anyone even watch this again ? The only thing worth writing home about is Marisa Abela, who truly did her best to salvage this mess, but you can only do so much when the pacing is off, the story feels incomplete and the direction is poor. Even Blake Fielder, Amy Winehouse's boyfriend has gone onto say in interviews that they did not do her any justice in this movie. What about the regret he had about her death? This movie just makes me ask questions over and over again, why do a movie like this at all ?
Anyone who has ever dealt with addiction, or had friends who have had issues with addiction for years in their lives, know that this movie does an awful job of showcasing how it develops, how they have to start much earlier in life and they do not spring into life MAGICALLY from a bad relationship. The lack of insight from the writers is loud, it screams throughout the entire movie.
Huge letdown, I really hope people hold nothing back in their feedback of this movie. It is inexcusable to so poorly represent a soul that was in so much pain and fell into a cycle of drug abuse.
Where is her slow love building towards jazz music as she interacted more and more with her maternal uncles who performed in bands? What about the lasting impact her mothers' death probably ended up having on her dad, which is why he clung onto her the way he did and really was not able to push her to rehabilitate herself properly? Why are we having a flashback of her intimacy with her love interest when she says goodbye to her grandmother who was such an important part of her life?
Not to mention her rise to fame, how she made a name for herself, none of that exists in this movie? Why would anyone even watch this again ? The only thing worth writing home about is Marisa Abela, who truly did her best to salvage this mess, but you can only do so much when the pacing is off, the story feels incomplete and the direction is poor. Even Blake Fielder, Amy Winehouse's boyfriend has gone onto say in interviews that they did not do her any justice in this movie. What about the regret he had about her death? This movie just makes me ask questions over and over again, why do a movie like this at all ?
Anyone who has ever dealt with addiction, or had friends who have had issues with addiction for years in their lives, know that this movie does an awful job of showcasing how it develops, how they have to start much earlier in life and they do not spring into life MAGICALLY from a bad relationship. The lack of insight from the writers is loud, it screams throughout the entire movie.
Huge letdown, I really hope people hold nothing back in their feedback of this movie. It is inexcusable to so poorly represent a soul that was in so much pain and fell into a cycle of drug abuse.
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