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Amy (2015)

R07/02/2015Documentary, Music2h 8m

The girl behind the name.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Amy Winehouse

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Cast 1

    Mark Ronson

    Self

  3. Cast 1

    Tony Bennett

    Self

  4. Cast 1

    Pete Doherty

    Self

  5. Cast 1

    Juliette Ashby

    Self

  6. Cast 1

    Yasiin Bey

    Self

  7. Cast 1

    Mitch Winehouse

    Self

  8. Cast 1

    Tyler James

    Self

  9. Cast 1

    Russell Brand

    Self (archive footage)

Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/XK1BBZZ9Wog The life and times of Amy Winehouse were tracked with glee by the world's media, and news of her death somehow came as no surprise. The 2015 documentary simply named _Amy_ charts the life of Winehouse, from pre-fame to discovery to the heights of her fame to her spiral into drugs. This is a dark and bleak documentary, and in parts is really really sad. I've heard this documentary referred to as "the best found footage horror movie of the year" and while that was said tongue in cheek, I definitely get what they me...