MOVIE REVIEW

Bob Marley: ONE LOVE — 2024 MOVIE REVIEW

2024

“Sometimes the Messenger has to Become the Message”

Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley, Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, James Norton as Chris Blackwell, Tosin Cole as Tyrone Downie, Umi Myers as Cindy Breakspeare, Anthony Welsh as Don Taylor.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Producers: Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Cedella Marley, Robert Teitel, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tuff Gong

Perfect timing for this movie to come out now, as no artist these days is writing or singing any songs of Freedom and Peace even though War is everywhere.

The Movie is well played and delivers with great emphasis the kind nature of Bob Marley. It gives all the elements of the character and the struggles that the singer faced as a child and as an adult.

The rottentomatoes critics gave a peculiar 42% score whereas the public gave it 92%. As if the movie industry doesn’t agree with the plot choices and the producers decision to focus on the legacy of Bob Marley rather than his addiction and any drama.

The Characters

The main actor is credible, funny, passionate, dedicated to his cause of obtaining freedom and peace for Africa and Jamaica by spreading his message with his music.