{"id":293586,"date":"2024-12-27T15:11:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=346340"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:34:58","slug":"despite-what-it-seemed-better-man-the-strangest-musical-biopic-has-garnered-very-positive-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/despite-what-it-seemed-better-man-the-strangest-musical-biopic-has-garnered-very-positive-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite what it seemed, Better Man, the strangest musical biopic, has garnered very positive reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/si-eres-fan-de-queen-dejate-de-bohemian-rhapsody-y-mira-este-documental-de-hbo-max\" title=\"\">Bohemian Rhapsody<\/a> premiered in 2018, Hollywood has fully entered the era of musical biopics<\/strong>, taking advantage of any famous singer to turn their life into a movie. Just next year, we have the new biopics of Michael Jackson and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/timothee-chalamet-bob-dylan-trailer-a-complete-unknown\" title=\"\">Bob Dylan<\/a> on the horizon, making it clear that this is a phenomenon far from fading away.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/newsletter.png?GoogleAccessId=wp-stateless%40kubertonic.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1781560228&Signature=q%2BZU1yIL%2BjXlKK%2Fnw51XFYmdwgTepziK8IX0rGK3HHWRkALFUjKvtNh4%2FXQR4bIR9Uvtu4ChfEct4rHJRYNcpdVSP8aV97N%2B6tdTdPdFq2e0Hy7Vj4ZPzpwec0AUiOa98F230koJAI%2B7647jEmWJrleYiQL7yYzbC1hNEld9G0YwS5oI8fRrLCBMegJHcsj3K2XetDghZ4dpTGWbj5L0%2BBA2EOrUm4IbkvOI4dadfFoBbuYG35zRmjU%2Be2BW3oxQM%2Fm6vZ4VWonbgDK39QZNgNDIxfirakU4r3sLbDz7XFEDIE2f9jnao1UKGhc89bp4gNLuDufpMc9JRCBZsJepgQ%3D%3D\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Subscribe to the Softonic newsletter and get the latest in tech, gaming, entertainment and deals right in your inbox.<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Subscribe (it's FREE) \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, first we will see a very special movie that, despite being a musical biopic, offers something very different (and strange) from the rest: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/trailer-better-man-robbie-williams\" title=\"\">Better Man<\/a>. Directed by Michael Gracey, the film will premiere on January 1st and will bring Robbie Williams&#8217; life to the screen. Only with a small addition: <strong>the protagonist is played by&#8230; a monkey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Better Man | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) \u2013 Robbie Williams, Michael Gracey, Jonno Davies\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVeH5T4wxkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">That it&#8217;s a monkey is the least of it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the unusual nature of the proposal, the movie has already been seen by critics, and they couldn&#8217;t be clearer. With <strong>92% positive reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/borderlands-arrasa-en-rotten-tomatoes-con-un-0\" title=\"\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a><\/strong>, everyone agrees that it&#8217;s a great film. And this is what they say: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A biographical film about Robbie Williams in which he plays himself as a computer-generated monkey shouldn&#8217;t work, but director Michael Gracey defies all expectations and delivers an incredibly inspired and surprisingly emotional film. <strong>Better Man is by far the best musical of 2024<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; Bill Bria, <a href=\"https:\/\/discussingfilm.net\/2024\/12\/24\/better-man-review-robbie-williams-monkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Discussing Film<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/better-man-pelicula-34345.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346344\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If you could take your eyes off the screen long enough to look at the stopwatch, <strong>not a minute would pass without a funny, ridiculous, surprising, or emotional gesture appearing<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; Amy Nicholson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2024-12-24\/better-man-review-robbie-williams-take-that-biopic-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>It turns out it&#8217;s a bit easier to face the harsh reality when it&#8217;s told to you by a monkey in a suit<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; Clarisse Loughrey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/reviews\/better-man-robbie-williams-review-b2666887.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Independent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A fantastic (and fanciful) version of <strong>a classic rise-and-fall biopic<\/strong>, where the fact that its subject is portrayed as a CGI chimpanzee (while everyone else is human) is one of the less striking aspects&#8221; &#8211; Ian Sandwell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a63198764\/better-man-review-robbie-williams\/\" title=\"\">Digital S<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a63198764\/better-man-review-robbie-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a63198764\/better-man-review-robbie-williams\/\" title=\"\">y<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Bohemian Rhapsody premiered in 2018, Hollywood has fully entered the era of musical biopics, taking advantage of any famous singer to turn their life into a movie. Just next year, we have the new biopics of Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan on the horizon, making it clear that this is a phenomenon far from fading. However, before that, we will see a very special movie that, despite being a musical biopic, offers something very different (and strange) from the rest: Better Man. Directed by Michael Gracey, the movie will premiere next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9257,"featured_media":293587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-293586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310298,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293586\/revisions\/310298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293586"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=293586"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=293586"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=293586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}