Kingsley Ben-Adir

Lashana Lynch

James Norton

Tosin Cole

Umi Myers

Anthony Welsh

Nia Ashi

Aston Barrett Jr.

Anna-Sharé Blake

Gawaine 'J-Summa' Campbell

Naomi Cowan

Alexx A-Game

Michael Gandolfini

Quan-Dajai Henriques

David Marvin Kerr Jr.

Hector Donald Lewis

Abijah Livingston

Nadine Marshall

Sheldon Shepherd

Andrae Simpson

Stefan Wade

Brian Todd Boucher

Cornelius Grant

Nolan Collignon

Daniel Melville Jr.

Sundra Oakley

Harry Burton

Nestor Aaron Absera

Tanner Paul

Sam Palladio

Cosmo Wellings

Yasmeen Scott

Micheal Ward

Ivy Freeman-Attwood

Chris Lowe

Lottie Geliot

Polly Bennett

Louise Jones

Matt Curtis

Rita Marley

Cedella Marley

Robert Teitel

Zach Baylin

Frank E. Flowers

Terence Winter

Brad Pitt

Kris Bowers

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Jeremy Kleiner

Dede Gardner

Richard Hewitt

Robert Elswit

Nick Houy

Pamela Martin

Avy Kaufman

Anna B. Sheppard

Petra Holtorf

Becca Kelly

Orly Marley

Matt Solodky

Katherine Tibbetts

Clement Virgo

Tim Devine

Maudie Andrews

Raquel Anita Parke

Brigitte Whitmire

Martin Gordon

Ziggy Marley

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Bob Marley: One Love

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Tuff Gong Pictures

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london, england

jamaica

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reggae music

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It's fine, just nothing all that memorable.

I had a pleasant enough time viewing <em>'Bob Marley: One Love'</em>, though it does kinda seem a bit hollow post-watch - as in I don't feel like I've learned much nor actually seen that much, the movie has like three noteworthy events but then that's kinda it. The music from those involved also didn't feel amazingly utilised, I guess they didn't want it to be too jukebox-y.

Kingsley Ben-Adir does well in the lead role as Bob Marley himself. I'm not a Marley superfan or anything close, I basically only know his biggest hits, but the resemblance of Ben-Adir seemed off to me - a thought that was only solidified when the real Marley appears via archive footage at the end. Perhaps that's just me, though.

Lashana Lynch gives a good performance, spearheading the rest of the cast who are alright; interesting to see James Norton, Michael Gandolfini too... even if I didn't realise it was Gandolfini until the credits. Overall, it does feel like the film only scratches the surface of Marley's life. I wanted more from it, but to be fair it is still a decent flick in my opinion.

CinemaSerf

Sadly, this is one of those films that shoves almost all of it's best bits into the trails. What's left is a curiously sterile representation of the life of this vibrant and visionary man. To be fair, Kingsley Ben-Amir does turn in quite a charismatic performance, but the rest of that characters are largely under-cooked and seem there to make up the numbers. We get little by way of establishment. Why is he revered on his home island of Jamaica at the start? We are plonked into the centre of a political hotbed and then all to briefly, bullets are flying and we are in London, his family in Delaware. Again, little meat on the bones of context there for us to understand just what was going on and why he was so important to both sides in that conflict - alive or dead. The last twenty minutes does allow for more of his musical talents to shine, and KBA delivers them enthusiastically and engagingly, but somehow I just felt this was the thinnest of coats about his enigma. James Norton just looked like he was along because he liked the music and Lashana Lynch is totally unremarkable too. Son Ziggy may well have had a hand in this, but it really under-delivers on a story that I thought should have been a no-brainer politically, musically and culturally. Sorry, this is just a rather disappointing chronology that skirts across his life like a stylus on well worn vinyl. Pity.

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/bob-marley-one-love-review-a-sanitized-homage/

"Bob Marley: One Love navigates the intricacies of biographical storytelling with mixed success. Its commendable focus on Marley’s message and music, coupled with good performances, highlights the enduring relevance of his legacy.

However, the reluctance to engage with the more contentious aspects of his life and the oversimplification of his political contributions undermine the potential for a more nuanced, complete exploration.

While the movie serves as a vibrant homage to Marley’s spirit and artistry, it ultimately leaves me yearning for a deeper, more critical study of the complexities that defined one of the most influential artists of the 20th century."

Rating: C

Brent Marchant

In addition to telling an individual’s life story, one of the other primary objectives of a film biography is to provide insight into the protagonist’s character and nature. Unfortunately, that’s where this profile of reggae icon Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) tends to come up somewhat short. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s biopic about the legendary musician and peace advocate provides viewers with a somewhat scattershot and episodic look at the artist’s life, primarily focused on the last few years of his life, intercut with flashbacks that are largely inserted without explanation and don’t come across as especially insightful or enlightening. To the film’s credit, it features a fine repertoire of Marley’s music, including the origins of many of his works, as well as fine performances by Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch as the musician’s wife, Rita. However, I came away from this offering feeling as though I didn’t know a lot more about its subject than I did going in, particularly since many story threads are raised but never sufficiently resolved. It also probably didn’t help that the film’s sound quality (in the non-musical sequences) left much to be desired, often resulting in the need to strain to hear and comprehend the dialogue. In many ways, “One Love” feels like a missed opportunity to tell the story of someone who had much to say but whose message doesn’t come across nearly as clearly as it could and should have. Listen to Marley’s music instead – you’ll get more out of one of his albums than you’re likely to absorb from this picture.

Bob Marley: One Love( 2024)

First he changed music, then he changed the world.

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A review by r96sk

Written by r96sk on Wed Feb 14 2024

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