Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black - Trailer drops

Hmm. Not enthused but maybe.

Will this be a Lifetime Movie Premiere?

Looks bad. She’s too pretty to play Amy. Not gaunt enough.

Amy's voice was one of those once-in-a-lifetime kind of first listens where you knew she was exceptional immediately - and Back To Black as an album is still an awe inspiring listen. Her tone and phrasing are genius. But it is such a tricky tale to tell without devolving into tawdry melodrama with hammy performances, so i reserve judgement until i see it.

Isn't the documentary enough?

She was such a talent, much more talented than any of her peers. What a shame.

The documentary is more than enough and told you everything you wanted to know. This was an illiterate chav with a good voice who had a death wish.

There, I saved you two hours.

She was a total Brit but take her out of that makeup and she looked like a Rachel from Long Island.

The film is written by Matt Greenhalgh who did a great job with musical biopics Control (Ian Curtis) and Nowhere Boy (John Lennon), and it's directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson who directed the latter.

Amy was hilarious -when she was promoting the Frank album the Sunday morning tv show Popworld was famous for their batshit interviews and Jewish presenter Simon Amstell had Amy throw bread rolls at a billboard promoting Dido.

There are two or three documentaries. It completely escapes my why anyone would want to see a dramatization when the majority of the potential audience is old enough to remember her alive. It's all hairdos and makeup and costumes and mannerisms, the result is mimicry.

The story is so well known.

Spend 50 minutes watching "Amy Winehouse – The Day She Came To Dingle." It will be 100x more rewarding as a look at the woman and a listen to her music at absolute peak. See it again even if you've already seen it.

Her life was just so dark. That’s why I wouldn’t want to see it.

I wonder if Chelsea Handler has any regrets about the daily roasting of Amy Winehouse on her E! show. I watched her every night but the incessant Amy mockery was cring even when she was alive.

Way too soon for it. Would be better off coming out in a few decades when everyone isn't so familiar with her story.

R3 I was thinking she wasn’t pretty enough to play Amy before she got all fucked is on drugs.

I remember them taking her blanket covered corpse out on the stretcher, and it literally looked empty.

Pass

Who is playing Blake Incarcerated?

Into what did it drop?

Reviews

Looks like shit and I refuse to support that creepy pedo-ish bitch directing.

This looks like a Lifetime movie but her life was more Requiem for a Dream.

My only question is: who will play her BFF, the grieving, selfless, hard-of-breath Kelly Osbourne?

[quote] Way too soon for it. Would be better off coming out in a few decades when everyone isn't so familiar with her story.

She died in 2011 at age 27. I don't think it's too soon. If you wait too long, the main people who would be interested will be dead.

They cut hottie Mark Ronson from the film.

He’s the one who distilled Amy’s raw talent into a gorgeous (though veeeerrrry pastiche) masterpiece of an album.

I would guess Amy's father is the one behind this. That's how they are able to use her original recordings. But I wonder if the story has been slanted to make her look more like a victim to big bad Blake.

Is this ONLY on Lifetime?

A lot of these bipocs are rubbish. I prefer documentaries, otherwise it is just distracting to watch an actor try to ape someone else's mannerisms for 2 hours. This one looks cheap, too.

R28, too many of these movies are too easy on their subjects.

This actress is too pretty.

[quote]Abela did her own singing

Hard pass. To this entire project.

Leave this sick woman’s corpse to rest in peace.

She's probably too old, but I think Lady Gaga could have played Amy.

New York Times

The R5 documentary is pretty devastating. When I saw it the biggest laugh from the audience came when Blake said I'm a good looking fella. He with his jacked teefs.

I love Jack O'Connell. Keep forgetting he's in it.

marisa was refreshing.

accent and sense of humor were worth watching.

looks like she nailed most of the guitar parts.

amy jazzy six-string skills were better than her hair

I’m happy they used an unknown (I’ve never heard of her anyway) instead of Michelle Williams or Joey King or some other overhyped actress that Hollywood is enamored with. Nicole Kidman probably considers herself too young looking for the role…

She’s too pretty to play Amy

And presented as too neat. Amy was a mess.

Sam Buchanan who plays Nick Shymansky is also too hot for his real-life counterpart. I had to laugh when Amy says he is not her type.