Robbie Williams

I don’t really know why I watched this. I’m not a fan of Robbie Williams and I suspected when I saw the title, he was gonna be a big part of this. Wouldn’t that be amazing if it had nothing to do with him. What a brave title that would be. Anyway, I’m also not not a fan of him. I’m very indifferent to him but I think this has to be a pretty solid documentary to keep me engaged enough to watch almost 4 hours of a man I don’t really care about. I’m ranking it higher than I would normally becaus... - Full Review

Williams is a charismatic performer with some catchy tunes and a good line in self-denigration but equally in self-glorification. Here, the former dominates over the latter, but, while there is a certain kind of openness, there is also a sense that what we are watching is a performance based on conforming to an established persona. The consequence is that the insights we are given are predetermined and therefore do not seem very profound.