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Better Man (2024) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction (Patreon)

Published:
2025-05-24 12:00:09
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2025-05-24 15:18:01
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2026-08
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Happy weekend everyone! Thank you so much to Tyler Foster for submitting a Reactr request for this movie. In a surprising twist... not only had I known of this movie, but I also know of Robbie Williams and even know a song of his! 🫨 I'm very glad to have watched this movie. I don't have a ton of biopics in my "seen" list, but this one is now there and with a high rating from me! If you're also watching for the first time, let me know! 😊 [Direct link here.]

Please enjoy the reaction and have a great weekend! Thank you for being here. 🥰

✦ KL

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Better Man (2024) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction

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Tyler Foster

Although they did not release a public statement on it, one of the things that came out after Better Man flopped at the US and UK box office in late 2024 was that Paramount just loved the filmmaking and the story, and they gambled on it even though they figured it was going to bomb. A nice bit of bravery in an increasingly caution-centric industry. Since this is a pretty new movie, I don't have much in the way of trivia about it. I'm glad you liked it, and I hope that it being here will encourage others to watch it even if they haven't seen it and know nothing about Williams. I think the movie's dramatic arcs and musical numbers all speak for themselves. The only two notes I can think of for you: The filmmakers said in some interview I watched that they did not worry about where the songs actually got released within Robbie's career, so "Rock DJ" is a Williams song that they gave to Take That just because it felt like a good place for it to go in the film itself. Also, when Nicole Appleton gets the abortion, I think it's in the middle of the two scenarios you pitched. There is a brief moment where it does look like she may miscarry from stress, but the implication also seems to be that the manager pressured her into it because being pregnant would take her attention away from the band, so it was sort of a "career or children" ultimatum from above.

HugoBoss435

First time watch for me. I love music biography films but honestly had no interest when this came out because as you said — most Americans don’t know or care for Robbie. Would’ve never seen it if not for the reaction. Movie was solid, had more heart than expected. Stylistically it is EXACTLY just like Rocketman. Definitely inspired by it. Highly recommend you see that one as it has better music and acting/actors.

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Thanks Tyler! It is nice to see a studio gambling like that a bit, for sure. And thanks for clarifying that Rock DJ definitely wasn't a boy band song that Robbie used for his solo journey. I am glad they chose that song for the big dance number though, it's very fitting. As for Nicole, that makes sense (and is awful that it happened).

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Thanks Hugo! I'm glad you enjoyed the movie and reaction. Rocketman is definitely one that I would like to watch. I have wanted to *anyway* but now seeing it is the same style as this one has intrigued me even more.

Tyler Foster

Better Man director Michael Gracey was an executive producer on Rocketman, so most likely some of that influence is coming from the same guy.

Death Lego

I started my day by powerwashing the patio. Blasting it clean from thirty plus years of built up grime. There's a clumsily half baked metaphor in there somewhere. This film was magnificent. My first time watch. I had been meaning to get to it eventually. So it was nice to share it with you. Particularly with a much welcomed adjacent perspective, too. As a Brit who grew up in the 90s, I have a palpable relationship with the landscape and the music. It's funny that Gary Barlow was framed as the song writer. But I think, until he went through his own realative rock bottom, after his solo career lived it's short life. Imo that added life experience perhaps helped to make the music of a reformed Take That, comparatively better. But as grown men, the material called for a different approach as well. Back to Robbie. I watched this fella, strut and self-deprecate his way through the best part of two decades. It seemed pretty evident, even to this young man. That it was an obvious cover for some crushing self-esteem problems. The cocky charm and the ever wanting approval in his eyes and body language. Made him a loveable entertainer, rather than an arrogant 'see you next Tuesday'. It's perhaps easy to make that claim after watching this movie. All I can say is, I knew sort of what to expect going in. But the artistic and psychological approach they took, in delivering this story, of the man and not his success. I couldn't have predicted how much that would was going to entertain me. I also never anticipated, how much I was going to cry during this film. Twelve minutes in, and I'm in bits, listening to the words of a young boy, through the lyrics of his older self, aching to matter. Robert's songs, that have in some small part, contributed to the soundtrack of the middle section of my life, so far. You find yourself singing along, but truly hearing the resonance and intent of the writer, for the very first time. That blew me away. That they were able to take these songs and redefine some of their emotional meaning for me.

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I love this, thank you for sharing! I'm glad you enjoyed the movie and the reaction. ☺️