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Bob Marley: One Love

- First he changed music, then he changed the world.

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

Release Date : 2024-02-14

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesTuff Gong PicturesPlan B Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Bob Marley

Original Name : Kingsley Ben-Adir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rita Marley

Original Name : Lashana Lynch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chris Blackwell

Original Name : James Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tyrone Downie

Original Name : Tosin Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cindy Breakspeare

Original Name : Umi Myers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Don Taylor

Original Name : Anthony Welsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Rita Marley

Original Name : Nia Ashi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Family Man Barrett

Original Name : Aston Barrett Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judy Mowatt

Original Name : Anna-Sharé Blake

Gender : Female

Character Name : Antonio 'Gillie' Gilbert

Original Name : Gawaine 'J-Summa' Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcia Griffiths

Original Name : Naomi Cowan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter Tosh

Original Name : Alexx A-Game

Gender : Male

Character Name : Howard Bloom

Original Name : Michael Gandolfini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Bob Marley

Original Name : Quan-Dajai Henriques

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior Marvin

Original Name : David Marvin Kerr Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carly Barrett

Original Name : Hector Donald Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bunny Livingston

Original Name : Abijah Livingston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cedella Malcolm

Original Name : Nadine Marshall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Neville Garrick

Original Name : Sheldon Shepherd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Donald Kinsey

Original Name : Andrae Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seeco Patterson

Original Name : Stefan Wade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claudie Massop

Original Name : Brian Todd Boucher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bucky Marshall

Original Name : Cornelius Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Bob Marley

Original Name : Nolan Collignon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephen Marley

Original Name : Mekhai Newell

Gender : Male

Character Name : David 'Ziggy' Marley

Original Name : Xavier Woolry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cedella Marley

Original Name : Kailey Titus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sharon Marley

Original Name : Rihanna Willoughby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Bunny Livingston

Original Name : Courtney Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen Peter Tosh

Original Name : Narado Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Seeco Patterson

Original Name : Matthew Malcolm Blake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Higgs

Original Name : Stephen-Rhae Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeff Walker

Original Name : Tanner Paul

Gender : Male

Character Name : Omeriah Malcolm

Original Name : Calvin Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Auntie Vie

Original Name : Jo-Anne Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coxsone Dodd

Original Name : Jeff Crossley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mortimer Planno

Original Name : Wilfred Chambers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior Braithwaite

Original Name : Jason Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bootboy

Original Name : Robbie Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elder Lewis

Original Name : Mutabaruka

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Journalist

Original Name : Aksel Üstün

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diane Jobson

Original Name : Sundra Oakley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joe Strummer

Original Name : Sam Palladio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lee Scratch Perry

Original Name : Everaldo Creary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer McCulloch

Original Name : Daniel J. Hickson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor - University Hospital 1976

Original Name : Obioma Ugoala

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benjamin Elswitt

Original Name : Dónall Ó Héalai

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bianca Jagger

Original Name : Yasmeen Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poor Woman

Original Name : Bridgette Bucknor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Mulberge

Original Name : Harry Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Australian Reporter

Original Name : Nestor Aaron Absera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Fleur de Wit

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Laila Alj

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Aisha Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Benedict Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Dominic Charman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Emma Bown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Fiona Helen Armstrong

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Kane L. Pearson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Lauryn Louise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Simon Bass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Tom Balmont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcel

Original Name : Michael Amiar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cherry Smith

Original Name : Njeri Osbourne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beverly Kelso

Original Name : Krystle Chong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Announcer - National Heroes Park

Original Name : Fae A. Ellington

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Police Officer

Original Name : Raimu Itfum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trench Town Woman

Original Name : Nadean Rawlins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mick Jagger

Original Name : Cosmo Wellings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Timmoy Sinclair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Derrick Levy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norval Marley

Original Name : Daniel Melville Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Haile Selassie

Original Name : Abba Samuel Tadely

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norval

Original Name : Henry Douthwaite

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claudie Hood

Original Name : Christopher Jordan Bernard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Amalie Gissel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Youness Bouzinab

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Eleonora Andronaco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Terence Schweizer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Princess Donnough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Jordan Laidley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan

Original Name : Pierre Angus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jamaican Crowd Member

Original Name : Jaden Evelyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female News Reporter

Original Name : Ivy Freeman-Attwood

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Sports Announcer

Original Name : Gareth Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Male News Reporter

Original Name : Roger Ringrose

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Shooter (uncredited)

Original Name : Micheal Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Bob Marley

Gender : Male

Reviews

r96sk

@r96sk

2024-02-14

It's fine, just nothing all that memorable. I had a pleasant enough time viewing 'Bob Marley: One Love', though it does kinda seem a bit hollow post-watch - as in I don't feel like I've learned much nor actually seen that much, the movie has like three noteworthy events but then that's kinda it. The music from those involved also didn't feel amazingly utilised, I guess they didn't want it to be too jukebox-y. Kingsley Ben-Adir does well in the lead role as Bob Marley himself. I'm not a Marley superfan or anything close, I basically only know his biggest hits, but the resemblance of Ben-Adir seemed off to me - a thought that was only solidified when the real Marley appears via archive footage at the end. Perhaps that's just me, though. Lashana Lynch gives a good performance, spearheading the rest of the cast who are alright; interesting to see James Norton, Michael Gandolfini too... even if I didn't realise it was Gandolfini until the credits. Overall, it does feel like the film only scratches the surface of Marley's life. I wanted more from it, but to be fair it is still a decent flick in my opinion.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-16

Sadly, this is one of those films that shoves almost all of it's best bits into the trails. What's left is a curiously sterile representation of the life of this vibrant and visionary man. To be fair, Kingsley Ben-Amir does turn in quite a charismatic performance, but the rest of that characters are largely under-cooked and seem there to make up the numbers. We get little by way of establishment. Why is he revered on his home island of Jamaica at the start? We are plonked into the centre of a political hotbed and then all to briefly, bullets are flying and we are in London, his family in Delaware. Again, little meat on the bones of context there for us to understand just what was going on and why he was so important to both sides in that conflict - alive or dead. The last twenty minutes does allow for more of his musical talents to shine, and KBA delivers them enthusiastically and engagingly, but somehow I just felt this was the thinnest of coats about his enigma. James Norton just looked like he was along because he liked the music and Lashana Lynch is totally unremarkable too. Son Ziggy may well have had a hand in this, but it really under-delivers on a story that I thought should have been a no-brainer politically, musically and culturally. Sorry, this is just a rather disappointing chronology that skirts across his life like a stylus on well worn vinyl. Pity.

Manuel São Bento

@msbreviews

2024-02-16

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/bob-marley-one-love-review-a-sanitized-homage/ "Bob Marley: One Love navigates the intricacies of biographical storytelling with mixed success. Its commendable focus on Marley’s message and music, coupled with good performances, highlights the enduring relevance of his legacy. However, the reluctance to engage with the more contentious aspects of his life and the oversimplification of his political contributions undermine the potential for a more nuanced, complete exploration. While the movie serves as a vibrant homage to Marley’s spirit and artistry, it ultimately leaves me yearning for a deeper, more critical study of the complexities that defined one of the most influential artists of the 20th century." Rating: C

Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

2024-04-29

In addition to telling an individual’s life story, one of the other primary objectives of a film biography is to provide insight into the protagonist’s character and nature. Unfortunately, that’s where this profile of reggae icon Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) tends to come up somewhat short. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s biopic about the legendary musician and peace advocate provides viewers with a somewhat scattershot and episodic look at the artist’s life, primarily focused on the last few years of his life, intercut with flashbacks that are largely inserted without explanation and don’t come across as especially insightful or enlightening. To the film’s credit, it features a fine repertoire of Marley’s music, including the origins of many of his works, as well as fine performances by Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch as the musician’s wife, Rita. However, I came away from this offering feeling as though I didn’t know a lot more about its subject than I did going in, particularly since many story threads are raised but never sufficiently resolved. It also probably didn’t help that the film’s sound quality (in the non-musical sequences) left much to be desired, often resulting in the need to strain to hear and comprehend the dialogue. In many ways, “One Love” feels like a missed opportunity to tell the story of someone who had much to say but whose message doesn’t come across nearly as clearly as it could and should have. Listen to Marley’s music instead – you’ll get more out of one of his albums than you’re likely to absorb from this picture.