Plot
The story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 7.3/10 (400 voted)
Critic's Score: 81/100
Director: Asif Kapadia
Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson
Storyline
The story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks.
Cast: Amy Winehouse -
Herself
(archive footage)
Yasiin Bey -
Himself
(as yasiin bey)
Mark Ronson -
Himself
Tony Bennett -
Himself
Pete Doherty -
Himself
Blake Fielder-Civil -
Himself
Mitch Winehouse -
Himself
Tyler James -
Himself
Salaam Remi -
Himself
Janis Winehouse -
Herself
Monte Lipman -
Himself
Blake Wood -
Himself
Lucian Grainge -
Himself
Nick Shymansky -
Himself
Juliette Ashby -
Herself
Taglines:
A heartbreaking journey. A ground breaking motion picture.
Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: 3 July 2015
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Amy Winehouse's immediate family were initially willing to work with the film's producers and director, having heard about the success of their earlier documentary, Senna (2010). They granted the filmmakers access to hours of archive footage of Amy and her family, as well as giving the filmmakers' their blessing to interview Amy's family and friends. However, they - in particular, Amy's father, Mitch Winehouse - soon began to feel they were being misrepresented in the documentary, that the negative aspects of Amy's life were receiving much more attention than the positive, and that footage had been edited in order to produce an inaccurate narrative of Amy's story, especially the last three years of her life. Mitch Winehouse has said that Amy's fans should consider seeing the film for the rare, previously unseen, archive footage of his daughter, but should pay no attention to the film's general portrayal of her, which he has labeled "preposterous". See more »
User Review
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Rating: 7/10
I saw this at the NXNE festival in Toronto last night. The movie was
quite long, I must admit I was exhausted when I left. Not in a negative
way, but overwhelmed at everything I had seen. The director had a lot
of material to give us and he didn't hold back. The scene that I found
the most powerful was the one in the recording studio with Tony
Bennett, it was pure magic. I can't say that I followed Amy Winehouse,
or was very familiar with her work, other than the song 'Rehab'. I did
love her hairdo, it reminded me of the Ronettes. I am always fascinated
by artists and how they develop.
We get a close up of Amy's artistic process. Her power was in her
ability to constantly come up with song material that resonated with
her at the deepest level and put those words to music. Combine this
with a unaffected personality and an amazing ability to connect with an
audience and you have a true force of nature. On the negative side, she
had to deal with her personal daemons from her childhood. The tragedy
was her use of drugs and alcohol. One gets the feeling from the movie
of an almost inevitability of her path, but I guess that is always
debatable.
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