A reverential and cosmetised Bob Marley biopic that bobs along in predictability
The only time Bob Marley: One Love exhibits any departure from the vapid biopic pattern during its 130-minute runtime is when Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) and his wife Rita (Lashana Lynch) splatter out in a Paris street at night after the success of his album Exodus. They quarrel, Bob accusing her of adultery and Rita calling him out for having forgotten “the message” with his “winin’ and dinin’” ways. Lashana Lynch and Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Love: Bob Marley That’s it, though. Soon after, moments after their Paris concert, Marley roughs up his manager Don Taylor (Anthony Welsh) backstage. This is the only other moment this first superstar of the third world errs in this one-note biopic of his. But when Bob accuses Don of lying to him and pocketing commission from the promoter of an ambitious tour the former’s been dreaming about, the vulnerability loses all depth or any capability to stir the viewer. Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. Explore now! Produced by Brad Pitt and approved of by …