Rent Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
3.1 of 5 from 140 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
- Celebrate the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity. In the film that critics say "will make you stand up and cheer" (Shawn Edwards, Fox TV ), discover Bob Marley's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music that changed the world.
- Actors:
- Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Umi Myers, Anthony Welsh, Nia Ashi, Aston Barrett Jr., Anna-Share Blake, Gawaine 'J-Summa' Campbell, Naomi Cowan, Alexx A-Game, Michael Gandolfini, Quan-Dajai Henriques, Davo, Hector Donald Lewis, Abijah Livingston, Nadine Marshall, Sheldon Shepherd, Andrae Simpson
- Directors:
- Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Producers:
- Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Cedella Marley, Rita Marley, Ziggy Marley, Robert Teitel
- Writers:
- Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin, Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- Canadian French Dolby Digital 5.1, Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Canadian French, Castillian, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Becoming Bob Marley
- The Story: Bringing Bob Marley's Story to Life
- The Cast
- On Location: Jamaica and England
- The Band
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- Canadian French Dolby Digital 5.1, Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, German Dolby Atmos, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Canadian French, Castillian, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Becoming Bob Marley
- The Story: Bringing Bob Marley's Story to Life
- The Cast
- On Location: Jamaica and England
- The Band
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Reviews (3) of Bob Marley: One Love
Disappointing Biopic - Bob Marley: One Love review by GI
Sadly this is a rather superficial biopic about a pop star who was far more interesting than the screenplay here attempts to portray. One can't help wonder that there has been some issues when every producer credit seems to be a family member and that a truer and more complex story has been whitewashed. What's left is a cursory look at the iconic reggae star from 1976 to 78 starting with the attempt on his life during the civil unrest in Jamaica. As a cinematic set piece this has to be the lamest and dullest assassination attempt committed to screen but it pushes the narrative to Marley heading to London to make his seminal album Exodus before returning home. None of the intricacies of this man are dealt with either at all or adequately and whilst we have the music, which is of course good, we don't get any sense of what he was about. Kingsley Ben-Adir does a reasonable job as Marley but there was something which nags at the back of the mind when watching his performance that he was not right for the role. Lashana Lynch tries her best as his wife but the script lets them both down to what in the end becomes one long pop video. There are some flashbacks, one of which lifts the film when the young Wailers get a try out in a Jamaican recording studio, but the rest seem pointless and a recurring one involving burning fields grates after the fifth or sixth time of seeing it! Overall the film has it's moments but it's disappointing.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Transparent hagiography - Bob Marley: One Love review by AER
Thin and rushed seems to be the bestg two words to describe BOB MARLEY - ONE LOVE. Unlike other recent musical biographies such as Bohemian Rhapsody or Straight Outta Compton this fails to bring the legend of Bob Marley to life regardless of the fine performance by Kingsley Ben-Adir at its heart. It seemed to be a series of thinly written scenes from his life where very little is revealed. Long montage sequences to Bob Marley's greatest hits take up much of the running time. I felt it was a long and boring journey when it should have been inspiring like the man and his music. Dead behind the eyes. Sorry. I and I doesn't even get one love, dread.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Watchable but Overly-Fawning Biopic of a Legend - Bob Marley: One Love review by PV
This is getting bad reviews galore BUT I enjoyed it. True, it is a rather glowing biopic and if you watch the EXTRA film, you see the Marley family was closely involved.
But most biopics are like that. What this has in addition is great music including Bob's songs. Other biopics like the Hendrix one ALL BY MY SIDE (2013) lack the songs Jimi wrote due to family objections (hence the reliance of cover versions, Wild Thing, Sgt Pepper etc, songs not written by him).
Lots of spiritual guff promoted here - but the whole reason Bob Marley succeeded and was, and is, a star is the music - his songwriting, and records and performance. NOT the Rasta thing or the rest. (Oddly NO WOMAN NO CRY is not credited to Bob though he almost certainly wrote it, the tune at least, and gave the credit to a local free kitchen organised to raise funds).
The London scenes are great, I thought, and European ones. I do not know much re Jamaican politics but it looks pretty violent and chaotic - and worse since 1980s thanks to the drugs trade and so much violence (ask residents of Martinique if they want to be independent like Jamaica and not one will say YES - safer to be part of France, get EU passport too, because these French islands are all EU territory).
A shame no mention of Bob's time in the USA working in a car plant. I liked the scenes of the young Bob Marley in early 60s ska bands, and also Junior Marvin, British guitarist in the band. I disliked the focus on his wife because, well, this is not her biopic! Bob matters. The rest? Not so much.
As with all very rich and privileged people, pop stars like Lennon etc, it is hard to have sympathy for their self pity. They could always go back to doing a day job, earning a pittance (average wage in Jamaica is £50 a week I think).
Also let this be a lesson to all who delay going to the doctor and refusing medical advice - it's highly likely Bob M would have lived years longer if he had.
Anyway, not great. A film about Bob Marley rather than THEN film. But I enjoyed it. 3 stars.
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Critic review
Bob Marley: One Love review by Mark McPherson - Cinema Paradiso
One Love gives Bob Marley the musical biopic so standard it’s almost insulting how distanced the film is from saying anything beyond its surface-level referencing of the Rastafarian. It covers his rise to fame, influence, and personal struggles and highlights his many concerts and recordings with musical sections. While actor Kingsley Ben-Adir does a solid job portraying the legendary musical figure, it’s a shame he feels wasted in such a movie. He’s all dressed up to give an Oscar-worthy performance with a script that feels more appropriate for a Lifetime TV movie.
It’s not that Marley’s life wasn’t an inspiring tale worth telling, considering where the film begins amid the political violence of 1976 Jamaica. Their commitment seems just after having been attacked by assassins and surviving the attempt on his life. Marley’s life in music will be as dangerous as it is meaningful. While the film covers many broad points, it also provides a ho-hum simplicity to how Bob’s best music was born. At one point, Marley’s inspiration for an album comes from one of his cohorts playing a vinyl soundtrack for the film Exodus. You can see the lightbulb go off over his head when he hears the title and starts plucking away at a tune.
The film wants to cover a lot of ground, and it always feels like it’s struggling to find its footing. We get to see Marley travel worldwide and delight in his music, but we rarely feel the weight of that presence in various locations. We get to see him handle the isolation that came with his upbringing and the disheartening nature of his degraded country, but only in the faintest of glimpses that feel like flashes from a music video. Even Marley's feuds with his relationships have an eerie level of passivity, where the film comes off as strangely distant from its subject matter. There’s a reverence placed on Bob Marley in this film that comes off as heartfelt but also far too cautious to say anything beyond the surface of the reggae star.
For covering the critical years of Marley’s success, it’s odd how this film never feels like it gets to the heart of the matter. Fame seems to hog the spotlight, and the more significant elements of the celebrity's character feel like they’re quietly brushed aside. The association with marijuana is treated almost like a joke in passing, the turmoil of the world is treated more like a nuisance that keeps popping up than a dire threat, and the quirks of the music industry come off so standard. The jam sessions for Marley’s notable works and his discussions with his producers come off, so by the numbers in the assembly, they’re a real snooze fest. It’s enough to make one keep looking at the clock, counting the minutes until the next concert scene to break off the doldrums.
Sadly, One Love falls victim to being far too routine for such a figure. It goes through the motions one would expect of a movie biopic, treating the legend with passivity as it shuffles from world event to concert scene. There’s certainly more to explore with Marley; perhaps the music in this film will inspire the young to seek out his works. Hopefully, they’ll do just that, as they could probably learn more about Marley’s mindset from the way he sings than the standard movie treatment he receives in One Love. Later, they can expand their knowledge and realize that a film like this is barely half the story.