The Better Man

Director Michael Gracey’s portrayal of young Robbie Williams’ rise to pop stardom resembles countless other music biopics, only here, the star is presented matter-of-factly as a chimpanzee. A bizarre conceit, but somehow, it works.

It's raw, so simple, but by having that chimpanzee in there it's somehow extremely stark.

Regardless of how much Better Man actually works, it’s one of the only recent movies made at its budget level with a genuinely interesting relationship between its form and content.

It would be a lot easier to root for Better Man if it weren’t a weird combination of basic and desperate.