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But the filmmakers cant commit to their own conceit.
The result is a shallow picture book populated with cutouts where people should be.
We see his embrace of the Rastafari faith and the way it gave him a sense of belonging.
The film doesnt really have any answers for us.
But we sense very little tenderness in their exchange right beforehand.
Nobody has done the actual work of trying to imagine any of these people in all their full-blooded complexity.
Theyre shown as gods with occasional flaws, the standard approach of hagiography.
Maybe the production tried at some point.
Marley told his life story through his music; his lyrics are raw, confessional, and surprisingly specific.
Listening to Marleys songs, we understand something essential about him.
Walking away fromOne Love, however, we somehow know less about him than we did going in.
