Better Man - review
Over the past few years I’ve had my hands full with a couple of small life milestones. You know, having our first kid and completing a law degree. Now with a smidge more time on my hands, I’d like to get back to jotting down some thoughts on the films I watch. Far from an in-depth analysis, more just contemporaneous notes to figure out if I liked it or not. Better Man from director Michael Gracey ( The Greatest Showman ) details the life and escapades of everyone’s favourite former-bad-boy Robbie Williams. Having Robbie Williams represented as a CGI monkey in a biographical movie probably shouldn’t work, but ultimately it does. More on that later. Although the visual effects border on patchy now and then, the concept thankfully papers over the shortcomings of Better Man . Unlike the obscenely sanitised Bohemian Rhapsody, Better Man doesn’t shy away from the darker corners of Williams’ story. We’re treated to every pint sculled, line snorted, relationship trashed and the res...