While the premiere of the film isn\u2019t until this Friday (12th April), initial sentiments surrounding the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed movie are middling, and lean more on the negative side.<\/p>\n
As film and TV fans will know, though, it\u2019s the Rotten Tomatoes score that can dictate whether a release will really sink or swim.<\/p>\n
In what will likely be unhelpful for many people deciding whether or not to give Back to Black a watch, the Rotten Tomatoes score is currently at 53 per cent<\/a> at the time of writing.<\/p>\n So, while it\u2019s certainly far from perfect, it\u2019s not exactly at the bottom of the new releases pile.<\/p>\n To put it into perspective against another recent release, Dev Patel<\/a>\u2018s directorial debut of Monkey Man<\/a> has achieved an impressive 88 per cent score<\/a> on Rotten Tomatoes, which came after its premiere at SXSW on 11th March.<\/p>\n Back to Black sees Industry star Marisa Abela<\/a> take on the role of the iconic singer-songwriter, while Jack O\u2019Connell is Winehouse\u2019s ex-husband Blake Fielder, Eddie Marsan is Amy\u2019s father Mitch Winehouse and Lesley Manville is her granny Cynthia Winehouse.<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com\u2019s own review of the film<\/a> put it at an average three stars, stating that screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh \u201cstruggles to get under Amy\u2019s skin\u201d, but adds that Abela does \u201can extraordinary job of inhabiting that skin, her portrayal of Amy at turns funny, headstrong, vulnerable and tragic\u201d.<\/p> While recent clips of the film have gone viral and spawned a largely negative reaction to the singing and tone of the film generally, actor Marsan did admit to RadioTimes.com<\/strong> that there is a \u201ccollective trauma\u201d when it comes to Winehouse\u2019s death.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWhen someone dies so young and so tragic[ally], there\u2019s a collective trauma. And the way we deal with trauma is to make sense of it and to create a comfortable narrative that we can latch on to.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Marsan continued: \u201cThe comfortable narrative for this kind of trauma is to find someone to blame \u2013 because it\u2019s reassuring to find someone to blame. Because if my daughter doesn\u2019t meet someone like Blake, or if you don\u2019t behave the way they say Mitch behaved, then it won\u2019t happen to us.<\/p>\n \u201cBut addiction doesn\u2019t work like that, addiction is arbitrary. It\u2019s random. It\u2019s cruel, and it\u2019s chaotic. And so, what I hope will come out from this film is that people will have more compassion for people with addiction and their families.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what I hope this film comes out with, and also a celebration of Amy.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Marisa](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Marisa-Abela-Amy-Whinehouse-eceafe3.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Marisa")
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