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Better Man  2024
原始巨星
Director:  Michael Gracey
Producer:
  Paul Currie, Michael Gracey, Coco Xiaolu Ma, Craig McMahon and Jules Daly
Art Director:
  Mark Robins (supervisor)
Editor:
  Martin Connor, Jeff Groth, Lee Smith and Spencer Susser
Music:
  Batu Sener, additional music by Mondo Boys
Screenplay:
  Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole and Michael Gracey
Director of Photography:
  Erik Wilson
Cast:
spacer1 Robbie Williams
spacer1 Jonno Davies
people1 Alison Steadman
spacer1 Steve Pemberton
spacer1 Damon Herriman
spacer1 Kate Mulvany
spacer1 Jack Simmance
spacer1 Anthony Hayes
spacer1 Karina Banno
spacer1 Tom Budge
spacer1 Rachelle Banno
spacer1 Rose Flanagan
spacer1 Robbie Williams spacer1 Jonno Davies people1 Alison Steadman
spacer1 Steve Pemberton spacer1 Damon Herriman spacer1 Kate Mulvany
spacer1 Jack Simmance spacer1 Anthony Hayes spacer1 Karina Banno
spacer1 Tom Budge spacer1 Rachelle Banno spacer1 Rose Flanagan
spacer1 Robbie Williams spacer1 Jonno Davies
people1 Alison Steadman spacer1 Steve Pemberton
spacer1 Damon Herriman spacer1 Kate Mulvany
spacer1 Jack Simmance spacer1 Anthony Hayes
spacer1 Karina Banno spacer1 Tom Budge
spacer1 Rachelle Banno spacer1 Rose Flanagan

Synopsis:
“Let me entertain you!” Robbie Williams famously sang. From boy band euphoria to solo stadium tours, the UK pop star has lived large, loud, and right on the edge. No mere music biopic could do his highs and lows justice. And so Michael Gracey hit on an audacious, dazzling approach. Gather round and witness the life of Robbie Williams unfold in a rather unorthodox way, to say the least.

Gracey draws on his substantial background in visual effects and signature images for pop videos, weaving those skills through propulsive storytelling. All of this elevated his blockbuster debut, The Greatest Showman; here it results in a truly spectacular film. It helps that Williams is one of the most kinetic and deeply self-aware pop stars on the planet.

Better Man begins with young Williams watching his father’s dreams of music stardom swirl around like dust in their cramped sitting room. He absorbs his father’s ambitions – and his crippling self-doubt – but the boy has talent.

Before long he has joined teen idols Take That and they stomp up the charts in a series of showstopping musical numbers. But money and fame bring more doubt, and Williams – played as an adult by actor Jonno Davies – learns the corrosive art of self-sabotage.

Review:
With its vibrant music, state-of-the-art visuals, and brilliant “casting” conceit, there may be no movie experience more singular, disarming, and downright entertaining this year than Better Man. And, as a portrait of a tortured, talented star, it’s surprisingly moving.

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