Review of Amy (2015) by Odjento — 15 Jul 2015
This insightful documentary is unbelievably accessible and easy to watch for any viewer, fan or not of Amy Winehouse; although like critics have said it is an emotional journey throughout the documentary.
Never have I ever watched a documentary so far that has made me feel very strong emotional feelings towards the end of the viewing of someone that I don’t even really know, nor followed during her rise to fame in the 2000’s. When a documentary can do this to you, you know you’ve watched an exceedingly well made documentary.
The documentary doesn’t try sugar coat what Winehouse was like and so through the mainly found footage Doc you can see what her character was like. She was obviously a very vulnerable and insecure person, but a real quirky and fun character that seemed to have what looked like no real malice at all within her. She definitely had attachment issues and because of this and her rise to stardom – of which she did not really ask for – she went down the rocky path that she ended up on. Due to all of this you can see she had her faults, but really she was an average girl with an extremely incredible talent who wanted to be like everyone else; she didn’t want fame but the attention she got from her talent consumed her and ate away at her vulnerable core.
Asif Kapadia has done an incredible job on his selection of found footage, editing and storytelling through interviews that you can’t help but feel pretty sorry for Amy in the end, and really see what a shame and what a loss it was for her to go how she did. I’m not even sure if there was anyone in the viewing I went to who did not feel similar feelings.
Overall, Amy is possibly one of the best documentaries I can think of that I have watched, and I would recommend it to everyone whether they liked Amy of not, followed her through her album releases or have never really heard of her at all. An incredibly fascinating documentary that really will make you emotional.
Extra note, I just held in my man tears at the end of the film. Just.
This review of Amy (2015) was written by Odjento on 15 Jul 2015.
Amy has generally received very positive reviews.
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