Despite being purchased for $25 million, Robbie Williams' music biopic, in which he is a monkey, was a box office disaster.

Does he act like him? Does he talk like him?” There were other reasons why it was better to work with a monkey than a man. “With musical biopics, you deal with the star or their estate ...

Robbie Williams biopic Better Man hit theaters in United States over the weekend. The movie tells the story of the pop singer and his rise to fame, but replaces him with a digital monkey.

Our review: the CGI stand-in for singer Robbie Williams in 'Better Man' does not make it a better movie, which audiences ...

Enter filmmaker Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”), whose latest film “Better Man” is a biopic about Williams with a twist. Jonno Davies plays Williams as a CGI monkey, with WETA FX ...

(As a monkey.) The film, however, would surely be better as a conversation with a therapist, rather than an estimated $110 million-budget movie. “Better Man” charts Williams’ childhood in ...

There are moments in "Better Man," the often thrilling biopic of unabashedly cheeky U.K. pop star Robbie Williams, where you forget you're watching a CGI monkey in the lead role. But you are ...

Better Man isn't the hit Paramount was hoping for - at least not in the US.

We’ve seen the pitfalls of fame. Freddie Mercury, Johnny Cash, Amy Winehouse — drugs, alcohol, sex — the literal highs and ...