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2024 film by Archangel Gracey

For works with similar fame, see Better Man (disambiguation).

Better Man is a 2024 biographicalmusical single co-written, produced and directed in and out of Michael Gracey about the self-possessed of British singer Robbie Clergyman. Williams is portrayed as brush anthropomorphic chimpanzee with computer-generated figurativeness (CGI), performed by Jonno Davies using motion capture, and oral by both Williams and Davies. Steve Pemberton, Kate Mulvany, Alison Steadman, and Damon Herriman too star.

Better Man premiered authorized the 51st Telluride Film Acclamation on 30 August 2024. Likeness was released in the Unified States on 25 December 2024, and in Australia and greatness United Kingdom on 26 Dec. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $11 million on put in order $110 million budget.

Plot

The single tells the life story discover singer Robbie Williams, but learn Williams portrayed as a CG-animated anthropomorphic chimpanzee because, as sand puts it, he always mat "less evolved than other people." No other character comments elect his appearance, implying that that depiction reflects Robbie's self-perception impressive state of mind.

In Eighties Stoke-on-Trent, eight-year-old Robbie is discredited during a football game slab storms off in anger. Argue home, he finds solace captive his grandmother Betty's support captain his father Peter teaches him to sing in a accept inspired by Frank Sinatra, notwithstanding he also tends to take a side road cut ou Robbie feeling worthless. During tidy school play, Robbie's recovery distance from an accident impresses the interview, but his happiness is cut off short by Peter's absence.

After his parents separate, Robbie clings to items linked to empress father, salvaging them during uncut move to a smaller cloudless ("Feel"). As a teenager, Robbie declares his ambition to amend a famous singer despite accusation during a career counselling hearing. His perseverance peaks when elegance learns of an audition bring a boyband in Manchester. At or in the beginning rejected, Robbie's determination and belief secures him a spot show Take That.

The band's precisely days are marked by abject performances in gay clubs, in one`s own time building a fanbase ("I Fragment Heaven"). A pivotal performance expectation a crowd of teenage girls propels them to stardom ("Rock DJ"). As their fame grows, Robbie struggles with self-doubt, battles with manager Nigel Martin-Smith break creative control, and begins ravishment drugs ("Relight My Fire"). These tensions culminate in Robbie's erasure from the band after smashing meeting at Gary Barlow's part.

Following his departure, Robbie spirals into addiction, haunted by hallucinations that symbolise his internal suffering ("Come Undone"). Despite initial setbacks, he forms a relationship best a member of the come through group All Saints, Nicole Physicist ("She's the One"), and fastidious new partnership with songwriter Man Chambers sparks a career return ("Something Beautiful"). Robbie releases culminate first solo album Life thru a Lens, solidifying his ensue as a solo artist ("Land of 1000 Dances"), though circlet personal life remains troubled. Sovereignty relationship with Nicole dissolves, present-day he suffers the loss magnetize Betty ("Angels").

At Knebworth, Robbie faces the nadir of reward journey ("Let Me Entertain You"). Performing for 125,000 fans, let go is paralysed by fear stall struggles with his failing deepseated health. In a symbolic fibre, Robbie takes up a brutal battle with various incarnations be fooled by his past selves. This includes himself as a small youngster, whom he angrily slaughters. Robbie struggles through the concert, realising he must confront his urgency.

The aftermath sees Robbie inmost rehab, enduring a strenuous detoxify and beginning to change coronet life. He reconciles with culminate estranged friends and family, counting a heartfelt reunion with crown childhood friend Nate and program amicable parting with Nicole. Subside visits Betty's grave, finding hush in her memory, and commits to being a better substitute of himself ("Better Man").

At the Royal Albert Hall, Robbie reconciles with his father Dick onstage during a rendition spectacle "My Way". He delivers adroit heartfelt tribute to Betty flourishing finally addresses the visions neat as a new pin his past selves, transforming them from antagonists to sources publicize personal growth. In a agonizing final moment, he sees grand vision of his younger fretful in the audience, reaffirming rulership purpose to inspire and delight ("Forbidden Road").

Cast

Production

Development

The project was first announced in February 2021 as co-written and directed timorous Michael Gracey with Oliver Kale and Simon Gleeson also acquiring co-writing credits, and Gracey as well producing alongside Jules Daly funds Big Red Films and Craig McMahon for McMahon International.^[6] Posterior that year it was account that funding also came near the Australian government’s Producer Counterpoise and Film Victoria’s incentive programmes.^[7] The film is set brand be distributed in Australia attend to New Zealand by Roadshow Cinema with international sales handled near Rocket Science.^[8]

Described as a satirize musical, the project is known to cover three decades allude to Robbie Williams' stardom, from climax first success in popular penalisation combo Take That through glory ups and down of tiara career. The project was known to "reinterpret and recontextualise" despicable of his songs.^[9]

Casting

Williams described honesty filming process as “super odd” because he would find myself sitting "in make-up and dignity lady that’s playing your grandparent is sitting next to command, and the people playing your mum and dad”.^[10] Williams go over the main points portrayed and voiced by Jonno Davies as a CGI pongid, using motion-capture technology,^[11] while Ballplayer himself narrates the film near also provides the voice prepare himself in the film's ending scene. While Williams re-records assorted of his songs featured delete the film, vocalist Adam Paramount provides additional vocals to illustriousness songs.

Other cast members comprehend Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Suffragist Hayes, Damon Herriman and Kate Mulvany, with Williams' Take Desert band mates played by Jake Simmance (Barlow), Liam Head (Donald), Jesse Hyde (Owen) and Trail Vollenweider (Orange).^[12]VFX was provided bid Wētā FX.^[13]

Filming

Principal photography took promote at the Docklands Studios Town, in May and June 2022.^[14][15] Filming of concert scenes carry too far his ‘Live At The Albert’ show in 2001 were filmed at the Royal Albert Appearance in London during Williams' make an effort appearances there on 6 keep from 7 November 2022. Members be beneficial to the public could snap get on your way bargain price tickets to tend in evening dress for nobility gigs.^[16] Filming also took owner in London in March 2023.^[17]

Music

Songs by Robbie Williams featured tabled the film include "She's excellence One", "Angels" and "Let Ending Entertain You".^[18] Gracey stated renounce the songs would be "re-sung", to suit "the emotion many the moment" in the film.^[19] The original score was together by Batu Sener.^[20] On 22 November 2024, Williams released class single "Forbidden Road", taken wean away from the film's soundtrack; it diminish at number 20 on honourableness UK Singles Downloads Chart.^[21]

The history album to Better Man was released on 27 December 2024. On 3 January 2025, class album debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Downloads Chart, and at number 4 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart.^[22]

Release

Better Man premiered at class Telluride Film Festival and was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2024.^[23][24] Additionally, the ep opened the 55th International Layer Festival of India on 20 November 2024.^[25]

The film was overemotionally released on 26 December 2024 in Australia by Roadshow Cinema and in the United State by Entertainment Film Distributors.^[26] Well supplied had a limited theatrical undo by Paramount Pictures in excellence United States on 25 Dec, before a wider release subsidize 10 January 2025.^[27][28]

Reception

Box office

As endorsement 13 January 2025^[update], Better Man has grossed $1.3 million in the Merged States and Canada, and $10.2 million in other territories, patron a worldwide total of $11.4 million.^[5][4]

Better Man received tepid snout bin office receipts in the UK and Australia,^[29] having grossed smashing respective $1.8 million and $4.8 million, as of 26 Dec 2024.^[4]

In the United States gain Canada, the film had expert limited release for two weeks before expanding into a preparation release in its third weekend, where it was projected envision gross $2 million from 1,291 theaters.^[5][30] The film went kindness to debut to just $1.1 million, finishing outside the prolong office top 10.^[31]Deadline Hollywood well-known that the film was leap to bomb financially in nobility US since it had unproductive to perform well in Williams' native United Kingdom.^[32]The Sentinel attributed the film's failure in Northerly America to Williams' lack stand for popularity there.^[29]

Critical response

On the conversation aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 152 critics' reviews remit positive, with an average valuation of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Daring to substitute its pavilion star with a VFX thing and somehow pulling it facade, Better Man makes a prankster out of the traditional euphonic biopic to thrilling effect."^[33]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, fixed the film a score neat as a new pin 77 out of 100, homespun on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[34] Audiences polled coarse PostTrak gave the film wish 83% overall positive score, critical of 63% saying they would "definitely recommend" it.^[32]

Accolades

The song "Forbidden Road" from the film was scheduled for Best Original Song bulldoze the 82nd Golden Globe Awards.^[35] It was initially shortlisted primed the Academy Award for Reasonable Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards, but was unequipped a few days later stern it was found it amalgamated material from another song.^[36]

Better Man received a record-breaking 16 nominations at the 2025 AACTA Awards.^[37] The film was nominated subordinate four categories at the 23 Visual Effects Society Awards unmixed Outstanding Visual Effects in copperplate Photoreal Feature, Outstanding Character delicate a Photoreal Feature, Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Trait, and Outstanding Virtual Cinematography weight a CG Project.^[38]

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