Back To Black Review: Superficial, Frustrating Biopic Never Properly Explores Amy Winehouse

Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Amy Winehouse’s tragic life was well-documented, but there’s no denying her influence and the power behind her voice and songs. She was a woman who contained multitudes, but you’d never really know that by watching Back to Black, a flimsy, one-dimensional biopic that reduces Winehouse to tabloid headlines about her life and relationship with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil .

Pros Cons Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh, Back to Black is deeply underwhelming and disappointing. It paints with broad brushstrokes while severely lacking detail, offering a blurry portrait of a woman who was more than her addictions. The biopic neglects the aspects of Winehouse that didn’t necessarily make it into the tabloids, including her relationship with her band.

With the documentary Amy painting a more detailed and intimate portrait of the singer’s life, it’s hard to recommend such a stilted, unimaginative biopic that doesn’t do Winehouse any justice. Back to Black could have been a more engaging film... but it doesn't live up to the life it purports to be invested in.

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