Amy
Seen it?2015 | 128 min | Documentary, Music
Friday Night FlickWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (95% on Rotten Tomatoes), it won an Oscar and audiences rate it highly (7.6 out of 10). Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious. If you loved Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me or Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, start here. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 8 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect drug use.
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 85 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.6 out of 10
- AwardsVery strong
Won 1 Oscar: Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature. Won 1 BAFTA: British Academy Film Awards: Best Documentary. Won 1 PGA Award: Producers Guild of America Award: Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures. Also nominated for 1 more BAFTA and 1 Cannes award. Plus 26 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$24 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 86K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Asif Kapadia
- Amy WinehouseSelf (archive footage)
- Mark RonsonSelf
- Tony BennettSelf
- Pete DohertySelf
- Juliette AshbySelf
- Yasiin BeySelf
- Mitch WinehouseSelf
- Tyler JamesSelf
- Nick ShymanskySelf
- Salaam RemiSelf