Marisa Abela, the protagonist, looks best when she plays her in her decadence. Back to Black has the structure of a musical, with songs that crown each sequence and put into words and music what is seen on screen.
Blake's singer even gets the best musical moment of the film, when he shows Amy the band that would mark her sound, with an exquisite choreography in a bar to the rhythm of Leader of the Pack by Shangri-La's. The film takes a position by moving away from sensationalism and portraying Winehouse's disorders and addictions with some subtlety, despite using a canary that she carries around as a metaphor for the singer's fragility. The filmmaker's visual talent is unquestionable, beyond the aforementioned rhythmic problem. T The film dares to insinuate without pruritus or subtlety that Blake's decision to completely rebuild his life was the only trigger for the alcohol poisoning that caused Winehouse’s death, although Taylor-Johnson is closer to justifying the here heartthrob than to hold him responsible.