Robbie Williams documentary
My Rating- 5/10
Streaming on Netflix
I can't help comparing this 4 part biography documentary series to the recently released 3 part series Beckham which I reviewed giving it a well deserved 8/10.
As far as production and entertainment value the Robbie Williams saga in my view is just a self indulgent exercise in blame dysfunction and stupidity.
If Robbie Williams was just wanting to qualify his story anonymously at a 12 Step Meeting I'd be impressed as his experiences in addiction could assist others looking for a way out of their addiction.
However after watching The Documentary Robbie Williams unlike the David Beckham story I came away disliking Robbie Williams whereas before I saw it I didn't really have an opinion about this obviously talented singer songwriter.
His continued resentment of Garry Barlow the founder of the Take 2 boy band that was responsible for his entry to the fame of the pop world reeks of ingratitude and says more about his character than Garry Barlow's.
Also the split with his producer songwriter partner Guy Chambers portrays Robbie Williams as a petulant childish manchild.
On the overall production side of this 4 hour testimony of an unmanageable life of excess and resentment I thought the use of archival footage from Robbie Williams collection of his well documented life very inferior in quality to the Beckham documentary.
There is no reference to his family or childhood in this Robbie Williams documentary so I suspect there's resentment there also this is a pity because it helps give an overall understanding of the character of the person be profiled.
I'm pleased to read like David Beckham that Robbie Williams does support many charities from his vast wealth but I just came away thinking I didn't know much before about Robbie Williams before and what I know now after the experience I must conclude that I don't like the man.
I can't help comparing this 4 part biography documentary series to the recently released 3 part series Beckham which I reviewed giving it a well deserved 8/10.
As far as production and entertainment value the Robbie Williams saga in my view is just a self indulgent exercise in blame dysfunction and stupidity.
If Robbie Williams was just wanting to qualify his story anonymously at a 12 Step Meeting I'd be impressed as his experiences in addiction could assist others looking for a way out of their addiction.
However after watching The Documentary Robbie Williams unlike the David Beckham story I came away disliking Robbie Williams whereas before I saw it I didn't really have an opinion about this obviously talented singer songwriter.
His continued resentment of Garry Barlow the founder of the Take 2 boy band that was responsible for his entry to the fame of the pop world reeks of ingratitude and says more about his character than Garry Barlow's.
Also the split with his producer songwriter partner Guy Chambers portrays Robbie Williams as a petulant childish manchild.
On the overall production side of this 4 hour testimony of an unmanageable life of excess and resentment I thought the use of archival footage from Robbie Williams collection of his well documented life very inferior in quality to the Beckham documentary.
There is no reference to his family or childhood in this Robbie Williams documentary so I suspect there's resentment there also this is a pity because it helps give an overall understanding of the character of the person be profiled.
I'm pleased to read like David Beckham that Robbie Williams does support many charities from his vast wealth but I just came away thinking I didn't know much before about Robbie Williams before and what I know now after the experience I must conclude that I don't like the man.