Tag: movies

2h 16mins

6/10

First time watch in the cinema

I went into this film really wanting to like it, but it just didn’t click with me.

I do not understand why it is being so heavily criticised, where although I didn’t love it, I don’t think it’s a bad film.

It left me wanting to listen to Robbie Williams and remember some of my old favourites that didn’t make it into the film.

I found myself comparing it to the recent biopics that have been around the past few years. I absolutely love Rocketman (2019) and have watched it multiple times. I really like Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), but find the ending too sad to want to watch it frequently. With Better Man, I understand that Robbie wanted to address his struggles with his mental health in this film, but I found the way it was portrayed quite repetitive, staying at surface level and didn’t tap into anything for me emotionally. I also felt that the different aspects of his life were dipped in and out of too quickly for me to get a feel of what was going on for him with the different people in his life.

I guess I was hoping for something that felt more like a celebration of his music and what he has overcome to get to where he is now. Instead, I felt a bit like I was watching a “f*ck you” to the people Robbie has felt wronged by in his past.

Would not watch again