Bob Marley: One Love
critic Reviews
, 43% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Kingsley Ben-Adir does an admirable job in the central role, but Bob Marley: One Love is ultimately a standard biopic that doesn't do justice to its brilliant subject.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
The character is not complex here, the character here is really very heroic and very admirable... the issue with that is, that the feature film has a blandness at its heart that I actually don't think was part of the story.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireBreakfast All Day
For all the music in it, I don't think you get a real feel for [Bob Marley's] creative process.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAlonso DuraldeBreakfast All Day
This is a real disappointment.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDwight BrownDwightBrownInk.com
[It's] a worthy addition to the features, docs, series and books that will continue to explore facets of the reggae superstar’s existence. This may not be the ultimate Marley narrative, but this project respectfully keeps his memory and mission alive.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
Considering this is unlikely to be the last attempt to dramatise Marley’s life story, next time it wouldn’t hurt if a Jamaican filmmaker had a go.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreHannah GiorgisThe Atlantic
His music and ideas—and all the people who helped usher them into this fractured world—deserve better.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJack WaltersLoud and Clear Reviews
"Bob Marley: One Love is a fairly predictable biopic that rarely deviates from the genre’s formula but delivers its message well."
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreGeoffrey MacnabiNews.co.uk
Stilted and scattershot biopic, which fails to communicate just what made him such an icon or why he is still so cherished more than 40 years after his death.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRicardo De QuerolEl Pais (Spain)
A missed opportunity. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePete Vonder HaarHouston Press
Hollywood does its level best to render every historical figure in an easily digestible framework. Marley's life defies that, but not even the good intentions of One Love can adequately project his complexity.
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