Movie Review: Robbie Williams has always lived to entertain. In ‘Better Man,’ he’s still doing it
Robbie Williams may not be familiar to many in the United States, but in his native Britain, he became a huge pop star, performing to adoring crowds and making 14 No. 1 singles.
Former Take That singer Robbie Williams shows it's hard out here for chimp in new film, 'Better Man'
But unlike other biopics, Williams and director Michael Gracey came up with a novel twist that has Williams being played by a computer-generated monkey.
'Better Man' review: You'll go ape over this offbeat Robbie Williams biopic
If it’s true that your age freezes the day you become famous, then the British pop star Robbie Williams is stuck at 16. So he says near the end of “Better Man," the biopic he produced. “I’m unevolved," he confesses. No kidding — throughout the entire film, Williams is portrayed as an ape.
Review: Robbie Williams literally goes ape in ‘Better Man,’ his otherwise conventional musical biopic
I’m not kidding. And neither are “Better Man” subject Robbie Williams nor the film’s director Michael Gracey. This rise, fall and very fast 12-step recovery saga of the English singing sensation few Americans know presents Williams as a CG chimpanzee.
How ‘Better Man’ Turns Robbie Williams Into a Singing and Dancing Chimp
Wētā VFX supervisor Luke Millar discusses turning Robbie Williams into a performing monkey for Michael Gracey's biopic.
Why Robbie Williams Is A CGI Monkey In Better Man & What It Really Means
Robbie Williams being portrayed as a CGI ape in Better Man could have been a simple gimmick, but it actually has thematic meaning within the story.
Better Man: musical biopic of Robbie Williams as performing monkey will entertain you
I can remember the mixed feelings I experienced as a teenager in 1997, buying Life Thru A Lens – my first Robbie Williams album – cautious it was too poppy to sit with my humble-but-growing CD collection of artists that would later be known as Britpop.
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Actor Jonno Davies plays Robbie in which they turn him into a monkey.
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'How I became Robbie Williams' chimpanzee'
Actor Jonno Davies was described as a "fantastic human being" by his childhood hero, Robbie Williams [Getty Images] It's 2001 and nine-year-old Jonno Davies is standing in the crowd as Robbie ...
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Robbie Willams biopic 'Better Man' is a top-shelf spectacle with ample depth
Better Man is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams, one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Under the ...
Better Man Review
T he setup of Better Man is conventional. Like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, this biopic from The Greatest Showman ...