Better Man
Detailing the career of British pop star Robbie Williams, his meteoric rise, catastrophic fall, and miraculous recovery, Better Man is the biopic analysis that aims to educate and entertain as only the Robster can. 
Directed by Michael Gracey who comes with a pedigree of rock and roll and pizazz with titles such as The Greatest Showman and Pink: All I Know So Far in his pocket, Better Man is in good hands to conceptualize and execute intricate cinematography, choreography, and visual effects in order to also effectively tell Williams’ story in an interesting way beyond the average VH1 behind the music documentary style. And, while the answer to why Williams is portrayed by a CGI monkey ala Planet of the Apes is never spoken, the fact that Williams has often described his feelings about his own career as a dancing monkey, part of this question is put to rest, meanwhile, from a production standpoint, the move makes casting for the film considerably easier, and as Williams wrestles with his own inner demons in his darkest hour this makes even more sense. That’s a long way to say, visually the film is a treat, and musically the film checks the boxes for fans of the artist’s songs, some of which have been re-recorded for dramatic styling, yet story wise there aren’t dramatic bombshells to get into salacious or cutting details of Williams’ life, if you’re looking for that, you’ll have to look elsewhere. Instead, we have a paint by numbers tortured pop star tale on our hands, but even then, as Williams points out with the right cheeky attitude, sometimes that’s all that’s required to put on a show. Fun for the fans, and even those who want some counter programing to the January dregs. Better Man runs two hours and fourteen minutes and is rated R.