“Back to Black,” the 2006 album that the new Amy Winehouse biopic takes its title from, is a record built on an exquisite contradiction. The music has a crispy delicious retro-bop bounce, a ...

“Back to Black” tells the story of Amy Winehouse but shows no passion in telling it and has nothing to say about the events that transpire. It’s the utter minimum of what a biopic can be.

Named for her Emmy-winning album, Back to Black centers on Winehouse's rise to fame, her romance with toxic muse Blake Fielder-Civil, and her struggles with bulimia and substance abuse.