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- 2015
- R
- A24
- 2 h 8 m
- 2015
- R
- A24
- 2 h 8 m
Summary Amy tells the story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse – in her own words. A once-in-a-generation talent, Amy Winehouse was a musician that captured the world’s attention. A pure jazz artist in the most authentic sense – she wrote and sung from the heart using her musical gifts to analyze her own problems. The combination of her raw...
Directed By: Asif Kapadia
- 2015
- R
- A24
- 2 h 8 m
- 2015
- R
- A24
- 2 h 8 m
Amy
8.3
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Summary Amy tells the story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse – in her own words. A once-in-a-generation talent, Amy Winehouse was a musician that captured the world’s attention. A pure jazz artist in the most authentic sense – she wrote and sung from the heart using her musical gifts to analyze her own problems. The combination of her raw...
Directed By: Asif Kapadia
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
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98% Positive
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
2% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
85
98% Positive
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Asif Kapadia's extraordinary documentary, Amy, is filled with similarly soul-stirring, heartbreaking moments.
It is an overwhelming story, and despite everyone knowing the ending, it is as gripping as a thriller: Kapadia has fashioned and shaped it with masterly flair.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 182 User Ratings
8.3
87% Positive
158 Ratings
158 Ratings
9% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
4% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 182 User Ratings
8.3
87% Positive
158 Ratings
158 Ratings
9% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
4% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Fantastic.A no-holds-barred look at the life and trials of Amy Winehouse and those who surrounded her. Every bit thought-provoking and captivating, Amy embodies the personality, the talent and the woman that was Amy Winehouse. Far too often documentaries fall bland, but director Asif Kapadia manages to carefully select key puzzle pieces of her life to move us to tears
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The first half of this documentary is a revelation. Here is a young girl, a young woman, in many ways wise beyond her years, a force of nature, confident, supremely self-aware, no-BS, poetic, fiery. I loved her music, and yet I had no idea. It makes the second half, the spiral of her public life, and losing her again, all the more hard to watch.
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A surprisingly seamless biographical documentary, one that, even though it's been constructed largely from found elements, feels gracefully whole.
A powerful, and powerfully sad, experience.
Kapadia lays bare the tragedy of Winehouse’s story. It’s a tough, unfiltered watch but a thoughtful, thorough, feeling one.
Amy is a cautionary tale - she was the Janis Joplin of our age, and as it’s the media age, we get to see the full price of fame this time as a fragile talent self-combusts. It’s not a pretty picture.
Never failed to hold me spellbound, even when I saw obvious spots where easy cutting would reduce the agony to a much more comfortable running time.
Truly the best movie of 2015. Such a heart-wrenching tale **** who got caught up with the wrong things and the wrong people. If you were a normal girl, no one would care. But we're talking about Amy Winehouse, otherwise known as one of the most frequent celebrities in the tabloids. Her tragic story was spread to millions, some thinking nothing of her except that she was an addicted druggie. The truth is she's one of the most critically acclaimed acts of the 2000's with a real, knockout voice.
This movie gives us an up, close and personal view of the popstar through home videos with her ethereal songs being the backing track. Everyone who saw it with me loved it, some wanting to see it again.
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All-too-familiar tale with no spoiler alert needed as know how this ends, told in an original, poetic style befitting the subject. As an appreciator of Winehouse rather than a rabid fan, I came with an expectation that was neutral at best. But Amy's demise unfolds through the use of "home movie" footage, well-edited balanced interviews with those in her circle, and through the poignant, selective on-screen illustrations of her lyrics as her harrowing performances fill the screen. The result is a sympathetic portrayal of the unravelling of a vulnerable young genius, with an absence of blame or finger-pointing; like Amy herself -- deeply effective, original, and realistic without a shred of maudlin.
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Amy is pretty ok. Damn, this has to be 150 characters for me to post it. I'm just posting this to get back at a friend Amy who said I'm mild. If I'm honest I haven't even seen this movie.
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Not good as I expected but finally very honest and sad documentary about amazing singer Amy Winehouse. Drugs like a love, love like a drugs, depression, strong personality and weak soul. Amy deserves for MARLEY's quality biopic. What a **** waste of one-for-a-decade talent...
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Amy is a documentary much too crammed with found-footage and not enough with insight. Nothing in this film sheds any light on why Amy Winehouse was special, and spent more time dwelling on “bad” influences like her father and her husband than on her singing. It was interesting to see Winehouse mature as an artist, but that seemed almost accidental, and the point appeared to simply be that she lead a short chaotic life. Unfortunately I knew that already.
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Production Company
Film4,
On the Corner Films
Release Date Jul 3, 2015
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The girl behind the name.
Website
http://a24films.com/films/amy/
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 5 Nominations
