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score 8/10
Going into this documentary, I know very little about Amy Winehouse, past people making fun of her for her abuse problems. I feel robbed that this is what I knew first cause I just assumed she was some pop sensation and did not know anything about the music
But thanks to this doc, I got to hear what this girl could do. That's one of the best things about the doc is that it plays entire versus of her songs, while she was recording or performing and it would display the words on the screen like a sing-a-long.
We live in an age where everyone can document themselves and Amy is no different. The whole movie is just home footage of her mixed in with professional footage and layered with audio interviews from those who were truly close to her.
As someone who knew so little of Winehouse prior to this movie, I like to say with an even tone that the best part of the movie was the first half, as it goes through her personality, the beginning of her career and her climb to success. Once she got to the top, the movie gets boring. It's not like they ran out of footage of her, but they slowed down the pace of the film in an attempt to show you how tragic her death is, as if though we did not already know that.
But overall this movie made me want to go out and grab a copy of her albums so I can experience more of Amy, cause for the most part, it's completely focus on who she is as a singer, I'm sure she would love that.
subxerogravity 13 July 2015
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21-11-2019 13:15:26
