Film Review – Bob Marley: One Love

Before my showing of “Bob Marley: One Love,” there was a brief video message from Ziggy Marley, one of Bob’s sons, offering a quick word about the family’s pride in the picture. There’s nothing inherently wrong with such promotion, but with such estate approval comes some skepticism about the movie, as the production needs the cooperation of Marley’s relatives to use his music in the feature, which doesn’t bode well for at least a passably authentic bio-pic. Suspicions are confirmed in “One Love,” with four screenwriters remaining incredibly careful with the details of this existence, ignoring most of it to highlight a few years in the life of the iconic singer and his battles with marriage, management, and declining health. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green (who also played loose with life details in 2021’s “King Richard”) is more interested in the aura of Bob Marley than the man himself, crafting a shallow understanding of behavior while emphasizing the music to please fans. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com