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Amy (2015) | Ranked Top 18% · CriticCrunch

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Amy

Movie2015·128 min

Amy

Directed by Asif Kapadia

Documentary Music

An Academy Award-winning documentary music film directed by Asif Kapadia. Winner of Best Documentary Feature.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 18%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

1K ratings

About Amy

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: trauma recovery, obsession, grief and loss, late 20th century, music performance, london, international, close friendship, outsider misfit, rise and fall, nonlinear flashback

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Details

Director: Asif Kapadia
Language: English

Cast

Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett

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Awards

🏆Oscar Winner — Best Documentary Feature (2015)

How Amy Ranks

All movies

Top 18%

2010s movies

Top 15%

Documentary movies

Top 17%

2010s Documentary movies

Top 16%

★Asif Kapadia films#2 of 5

Top 16% 2010s Documentary movies.

Second-best Asif Kapadia film, behind Senna.

the vibe

Amy Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkharrowingapproachablelight-touchpersonalearnest

gritty

contemplative

What it's about

rise & fallnonlinear flashbacktrauma recoveryobsessiongrief & lossoutsider misfitclose friendshipmusic performancelondoninternationallate 20th century

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

grittygritty