Stephanie Voss

I've been looking forward to this movie ever since I saw it would be coming out on Valentines Day!!! ONE LOVE!...so fitting..It re-ignited an interest in Bob Marley whose songs I'd loved in college in the 1970s. I watched the documentary "Marley" on Amazon to refresh my memory what was going on at the time in Jamaica and the world, to see his humblest beginnings, where the music actually came from.. I thought the actor playing Bob did as well as he could, but it's always tough when you're playing a beloved celebrity or musical icon who was adored some considered a prophet. Ziggy Marley, Bob's son, also a reggae musician, produced the movie, so it was blessed by the family...There was a brief introduction by Ziggy Marley before the movie started... it was striking and startling that he looks almost exactly like his father... I was thinking it would have been great if he could have played the part of his father!!! But like any biopic they have to make choices of what parts to portray of the subject's life, but I think they did a good job here ...plenty of reggae music in the movie (they missed some of my favorite songs!) but there's a lot to love here..his personal life with wife family & bandmates, inner workings of the music biz...corruption, betrayal and greed, (yes, even in Bob's circle!) Some of the Jamaican dialect was difficult to understand but I love the sound of it anyway. We sure could use Bob Marley's message of love and peace right about now.. All he wanted was for mankind to live together regardless of color or religion and all the other differences that cause human conflict and war.... I am going to go see it again soon with another friend... and I will enjoy it again❤️

This was a sweet film about childhood, parenting, and the challenges of managing mental illness and a child genius savant - I was inspired, informed and found the film quite touching, realizing the kinds of true lives some people are living, facing issues most people would never experience going through their day to day lives. I loved that it was in black and white... and the various geographic locations of big cities in the U.S. - Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans, and the wonderful people of everyday life. It was about documentary filmmaking, and had much the soul of a documentary film. I think this is not for everyone, but my friend and I sure loved it. Joaquin Phoenix can be brutal, but for this film he certainly showed incredible softness, vulnerability and love.