Better Man (2024)

R12/14/2024Music, Comedy, Drama2h 15m

Fame makes monkeys of us all.

Overview

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Robbie Williams

    Robbie Williams (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Jonno Davies

    Robbie Williams

  3. Cast 1

    Raechelle Banno

    Nicole Appleton

  4. Cast 1

    Damon Herriman

    Nigel Martin-Smith

  5. Cast 1

    Steve Pemberton

    Peter Williams

  6. Cast 1

    Alison Steadman

    Betty Williams

  7. Cast 1

    Kate Mulvany

    Janet Williams

  8. Cast 1

    Frazer Hadfield

    Nate

  9. Cast 1

    Tom Budge

    Guy Chambers

There's something about the use of the monkey to characterise Robbie Williams that makes this quite a visceral watch at times. The film tells the story of the fairly turbulent rise of this "Take That" singer from boyhood exponent of Gilbert and Sullivan to a man on the right end of an £80 millions record deal. His dad (Steve Pemberton) went off to a football match whilst he was a child and never came back, and that left him with his mum "Janet" (Kate Mulvany) and adoring nan (Alison Steadman) living a pretty much hand to mouth existence and leaving him with a pretty solid foundation for his la...