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Better Man( 2024)

TV-MAMusicComedyDrama
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Fame makes monkeys of us all.

Overview

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Robbie Williams

      Robbie Williams (voice)

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      Jonno Davies

      Robbie Williams

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      Raechelle Banno

      Nicole Appleton

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      Damon Herriman

      Nigel Martin-Smith

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      Steve Pemberton

      Peter Williams

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      Alison Steadman

      Betty Williams

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      Kate Mulvany

      Janet Williams

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      Frazer Hadfield

      Nate

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      Tom Budge

      Guy Chambers

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      Anthony Hayes

      Chris Heath

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      Jake Simmance

      Gary Barlow

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      Jesse Hyde

      Mark Owen

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      Carter J. Murphy

      Young Robbie

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      Liam Head

      Howard Donald

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      Chase Vollenweider

      Jason Orange

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      Rose Flanagan

      Melissa Touabti

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      Sebastian Sero

      Theatre Kid

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      Asmara Feik

      Young Robbie

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      Leo Harvey-Elledge

      Liam Gallagher

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      Chris Gun

      Noel Gallagher

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      John Lloyd Fillingham

      Careers Advisor

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      Dalip Sondhi

      Record Company Executive

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      Olivia Fildes

      Club Goer

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      Milijana Cancar

      Rehab Therapist

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      Karina Banno

      Natalie Appleton

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      Sandra Githinji

      Shaznay Lewis

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      Elyssia Koulouris

      Melanie Blatt

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      David Woods

      All Saints Label Executive

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      Nick Nicolas

      Tom Jones

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      Michelle Brasier

      Viv Nicholson

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      Pierre Bergman

      Albert Hall Patron (uncredited)

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      John Waters

      Sir Michael Parkinson

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Dec 28 2024
    There's something about the use of the monkey to characterise Robbie Williams that makes this quite a visceral watch at times. The film tells the story of the fairly turbulent rise of this "Take That" singer from boyhood exponent of Gilbert and Sullivan to a man on the right end of an £80 millions record deal. His dad (Steve Pemberton) went off to a football match whilst he was a child and never came back, and that left him with his mum "Janet" (Kate Mulvany) and adoring nan (Alison Steadman) living a pretty much hand to mouth existence and leaving him with a pretty solid foundation for his lat...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    110000000.00

    Revenue

    10037220.00

    Keywords

    • depression
    • yacht
    • drug addiction
    • musical
    • biography
    • family abandonment
    • drugs
    • monkey
    • teenage boy
    • pop music
    • price of fame
    • girl group
    • boy band
    • 1980s
    • 1990s
    • arrested development
    • self-harm
    • father son relationship
    • mother son relationship
    • 2000s
    • grandmother grandson relationship
    • based on real person
    • based on real events