Biopic with all the usual stuff: family pictures, lots of TV footage, Roy singing, Roy laughing, Roy in the studio, Roy in the papers, Roy with the wife, Roy with the kids, etc. etc. His sons tell the story, sometimes in a moving way but on the whole rather helpless. That gives the film a bit of an amateur feel which you may like or not.
However, by the end the sons quite prominently market the current project of having the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing to existing recordings, thus making the 'new' album A Love So Beautiful.
In the end, that gave it the bitter taste of not having watched a movie about a famous and noteworthy singer with a remarkable life, but a 58 minute commercial for an album that doesn't add anything to his fame and reputation.
2 Reviews
No surprises except one and that's not even a nice one
peermankpoot18 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Great
chousissy21 February 2019
I have always loved Roy Orbison's beautiful voice. I really enjoyed this documentary, it is the work of Roy's three sons and home movies are involved. It's interesting and very touching, Roy's sons seem lovely. They are clearly devoted to Roy, and vice-versa.
Roy did seem a genuinely nice guy. Hard to fathom such cruel fate could visit one person. So much sadness for him to bear and then he was taken far too soon.
Roy did seem a genuinely nice guy. Hard to fathom such cruel fate could visit one person. So much sadness for him to bear and then he was taken far too soon.
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