Back to Black

Back to Black

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 122 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Stars: Marisa Abela, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Jack O'Connell, Juliet Cowan, Bronson Webb, Ansu Kabia, Harley Bird, Michael S. Siegel, Matilda Thorpe, Jeff Tunke, Ryan O'Doherty, Izaak Cainer, Tracey Lushington, Sam Buchanan
  • Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
 Comments
  • samcoultis - 25 June 2024
    Underated ...
    Anyone who rates this less than 7 is crazy. This was a masterpiece. I loved this movie. It's the true reality of a real human who had a real disease - addiction. As someone who had a direct relative die like this, I can tell you, it's a realistic representation of a real human battling this real disorder, famous or not. It's both heart warming and sad to see a human have everything and nothing at the same time. This actor absolutely nailed the character, and the movie gave me both laughs and tears. RIP Miss Winehouse. Good job production and cast!! This is an A+ film and the actors are brilliant 👏 👌
  • danieljfarthing - 9 June 2024
    Interesting, respectful & well-done Brit biopic that skips over certain key elements of Amy Winehouse's life
    Brit biopic "Back To Black" charts the short stellar life of iconic jazz singer Amy Winehouse (Marisa Abela - excellent) covering her career highlights, her family (inc dad Mitch (Eddie Marsden) & nan (Lesley Manville)) and wide-boy Blake Fielder-Civil (Jack O'Connell - also terrific) whom she met in a Camden bar before plunging into a toxic drug & alcohol fuelled relationship with. Matt Greenhalgh's screenplay is simple enough, charting the milestones somewhat superficially - while giving Mitch a suspiciously soft ride. It's certainly an interesting, respectful & well-done film (props to Director Sam Taylor-Johnson) but there's more to Winehouse's story than this.
  • jonwoodh - 2 June 2024
    A splendid memorial to the genius and heartbreak of Amy
    Reading some of the critic's reviews I wondered if we had seen the same movie. Some seem to have wanted a gritty doc exposing the darkness. But here we have an amazing performance by Marisa Abela as Amy and even singing her songs. I was blown away. We know she was a destructive addict and that was portrayed, but not in your face like Sid and Nancy. We KNOW. And she was addicted to Blake. We KNOW. So in essence the light of the beginning as her talent emerges becomes cloud in pain and it's so sad that such a brilliant artist had no one to guide her to a more healthy lifestyle. And the UK press - what monsters hounding her! I was not particularly a fan of hers. But seeing the film I am now. And have much greater appreciation.