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Better Man is a 2024 biographical musical film co-written, produced and directed by Michael Gracey about the life of English singer Robbie Williams. Williams is portrayed as an anthropomorphic chimpanzee with computer-generated imagery (CGI), performed by Jonno Davies using motion capture , and voiced by both Williams and Davies.
“Better Man” wants to be “All That Jazz,” but it falls back on the redemptive life-story formula, introducing Robbie as a boy — or in this case, an adolescent chimp, looking scrawnier ...
Music biopics are too often predictable, formulaic and, let’s face it, dull. One way to liven them up, however, is to venture way outside the box and make the central subject an anthropomorphic ...
Please feel free to read that sentence again if you need to,” IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote in his review. Writing for The Playlist , Gregory Ellwood said: “Williams is portrayed as a monkey.
Most importantly, Better Man aims to capture the theatrical rock-star charisma of its subject, which it does in tremendous fashion. Encore please. Better Man is released in UK cinemas on December 26.
The 96th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2024, were announced on December 4, 2024.The musical fantasy Wicked, the first installment of a two-part adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, won the most awards with three: Best Film, Best Director for Jon M. Chu, and the NBR Spotlight Award for the creative collaboration of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
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Better Man is beautifully emotional and engaging, and it’s an admirably big swing. But it would have a greater shot at making audiences go ape if the primate concept were used more judiciously.