Bob Marley: One Love

audience Reviews

, 91% Audience Score
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    The music is great, but the storyline is a love story through Rita Marley's perspective , I feel it could have had more passion, if she intended it to be a love story!
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    Wanted to like it more as a huge Bob Marley fan but it felt very thin. Not much to it. Hearing the songs is always great and was the bright spot for me.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    So I really didn't know much about Bob Marley and I thought this was good film about certain time of the famous musician's life. The only drawback for me was I could barely understand what was being said with the never authentic but thick accents. I probably need to watch it again with subtitles and I probably would like it better.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    Bob Marley: One Love beautifully celebrates his music legacy and culture, but it falls short in delving into the deeper roots of his life and the struggles he and his band endured before achieving music stardom. If you’re a fan of his music and connect with him spiritually, you can still enjoy and appreciate both the film and the aspects of his life. However, if you seek a more in-depth and authentic portrayal of an iconic figure with humble beginnings, you’ll be disappointed by the film’s watered-down narrative. Grading: C
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    A charming well-made tribute to Bob Marley and his struggle to bring music amidst the civil strife of Jamacia that stumbles a bit with some of its biopic narrative conventions, particularly with a few melodramatic marital drama bits that felt rushed and the ending cutting to the credits instead of fully reenacting the entire climactic concert of peace that the entire movie had been building up to.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Great movie did not like that it was only told from Rita Marley perspective
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Great Job! The Life of Bob Marley is life, music & legacy is a big perfect movie!
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    Great music nice movie...!!!!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Great music throughout the movie!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    Put an English actor in a bad wig and have him mine to Bob Marley's music, and your film will be green lit. Bob Marley: One Love isn't the turkey the critics make it out to be, but it's not that good either. The fact is, hearing those hits pounding out of the THX speakers for two hours will keep you entertained, even if the screenplay is a bit weak. The film studiously avoids giving Wailers co-founders Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer more than a cursory acknowledgement, and although we see musicians like Aston and Carlton Barrett in action, really, the film is all about Bob. His character is simplified for the screen, being the natural mystic he liked to portray himself as during the latter part of his life. The tensions in Jamaica between gangs and politicians are shown effectively, as are Marley's part in uniting the island. Rita Marley comes across very well, something I'm sure Executive Producer Rita Marley made sure of. I recommend this film, but just enjoy the music. Don't expect anything serious.