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The Amy Winehouse Movie Doesn’t Like Amy Winehouse Very Much

Why is Back to Black so bent on absolving the men in the troubled singer’s orbit?

That triumph came during a rare period of stability for the famously troubled artist, whose label had made her sign a contract agreeing to enter treatment and get clean, so it’s no surprise that the new film Back to Black uses it as an upbeat place to land. Producer Salaam Remi and manager Raye Cosbert, who took over after Winehouse parted ways with her original rep Nick Shymansky, are barely presences onscreen, and Mark Ronson is only a name mentioned in a meeting. The film makes a point of showing Amy venturing into hard-drug use on her own, while Blake, played by Jack O’Connell with slippery, skipped-a-few-showers charisma, is portrayed more as a recipient of toxic behavior than a joint participant in it.

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