Rent Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
3.2 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 44min
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- Synopsis:
- "Bob Marley: One Love" celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita...
- Actors:
- Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Umi Myers, Anthony Welsh, Nia Ashi, Aston Barrett Jr., Anna-Share Blake, Gawaine 'J-Summa' Campbell, Naomi Cowan, Alexx A-Game, Michael Gandolfini, Quan-Dajai Henriques, Davo, Hector Donald Lewis, Abijah Livingston, Nadine Marshall, Sheldon Shepherd, Andrae Simpson
- Directors:
- Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Producers:
- Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Cedella Marley, Rita Marley, Ziggy Marley, Brad Pitt, Robert Teitel
- Writers:
- Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
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Reviews (2) of Bob Marley: One Love
Disappointing Biopic - Bob Marley: One Love review by GI
Sadly this is a rather superficial biopic about a pop star who was far more interesting than the screenplay here attempts to portray. One can't help wonder that there has been some issues when every producer credit seems to be a family member and that a truer and more complex story has been whitewashed. What's left is a cursory look at the iconic reggae star from 1976 to 78 starting with the attempt on his life during the civil unrest in Jamaica. As a cinematic set piece this has to be the lamest and dullest assassination attempt committed to screen but it pushes the narrative to Marley heading to London to make his seminal album Exodus before returning home. None of the intricacies of this man are dealt with either at all or adequately and whilst we have the music, which is of course good, we don't get any sense of what he was about. Kingsley Ben-Adir does a reasonable job as Marley but there was something which nags at the back of the mind when watching his performance that he was not right for the role. Lashana Lynch tries her best as his wife but the script lets them both down to what in the end becomes one long pop video. There are some flashbacks, one of which lifts the film when the young Wailers get a try out in a Jamaican recording studio, but the rest seem pointless and a recurring one involving burning fields grates after the fifth or sixth time of seeing it! Overall the film has it's moments but it's disappointing.
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Transparent hagiography - Bob Marley: One Love review by AER
Thin and rushed seems to be the bestg two words to describe BOB MARLEY - ONE LOVE. Unlike other recent musical biographies such as Bohemian Rhapsody or Straight Outta Compton this fails to bring the legend of Bob Marley to life regardless of the fine performance by Kingsley Ben-Adir at its heart. It seemed to be a series of thinly written scenes from his life where very little is revealed. Long montage sequences to Bob Marley's greatest hits take up much of the running time. I felt it was a long and boring journey when it should have been inspiring like the man and his music. Dead behind the eyes. Sorry. I and I doesn't even get one love, dread.
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