
Amy
Taste attributes: documentarymusicmusic/dancebiographyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questself destruction/implosionsocial commentarytroubled leads
"The girl behind the name."
Boxlist takeRealistic and stirring: an inventive documentary, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Documentary
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- On the Corner Films
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