Robbie Williams’ monkey musical biopic Better Man is as bananas as I prayed Building a musical biopic around Robbie Williams where he’s portrayed as a CGI monkey and everyone else is a normal human is an intriguingly bizarre concept – but Better Man is exactly as cheeky, bolshy and ballsy as I hoped.
Paramount Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection Better Man - 2024] The chart-topper has also never sounded better, with versions of all his biggest hits specially re-recorded and re-arranged for the soundtrack, where they’re used to punctuate the highs and lows of his journey to fame alongside Take That and as a solo artist.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Everett/REX/Shutterstock (14806026j) BETTER MAN, Jonno Davies as Robbie Williams, 2024. ?
Obviously for such a risky move, the film pretty much lives and dies by this central conceit which somehow livens up the whole movie yet quickly becomes something you don’t question at all.
But somehow it resonates even more when played out on the big screen by a walking, talking, singing chimpanzee and narrated by Williams’ own instantly recognisable tones.
