‘Bob Marley: One Love’ review: Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green (2024)
thehollywoodnews.comBob Marley is a figure in music who has transcended his genre to become a global icon, a face and voice known by many, even if reggae isn’t quite their jam.
A biopic of the artist, who sadly died at just 36 in 1981 was always inevitable – and it has come in the form of a family-approved (and produced) drama that casts Kingsley Ben-Adir in the role of the cultural icon.Having such a global appeal, and being so well-known, makes the task of a biopic an undeniable one – particularly for star Ben-Adir.
When it is a story and a body of work so known and so beloved, just where do you angle the story? Reinaldo Marcus Green – who directed Will Smith to Oscar glory in tennis biopic King Richard – chooses to use a key timeframe in Marley’s short but impactful time on this earth, and utilises it as a jumping point to cover the bases of biopic convection.
Starting things off in 1976, the film begins with Marley putting together a concert to help temper the violent political unrest in his home of Jamaica in any way he can.
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