Marley

Any respectable retelling of Bob Marley’s life has a lot to cover. In the 1970s, drive, charisma, and especially talent made Marley one of the biggest music stars in the world, but understanding his ascent and his music means understanding the...

If there is one thing to be said about the new documentary Marley - which looks back over life and career of Bob Marley – it’s that it clearly demonstrates the reality that many of us who think we know Bob Marley still have a lot to learn about...

Kevin Macdonald’s documentary about Bob Marley fulfills its great-man agenda. Go in convinced that this towering reggae artist had glaring personal flaws and that the music-documentary format is a bore, and it won’t matter.

The anecdote-filled documentary “Marley” runs nearly two and a half hours. Perhaps that’s so if any viewers inhale their support for the late reggae legend before the movie and pass out during, the thing will still be running when they wake up.

This documentary film seems to give the viewer a fairly complete account of the life, death and career of the best-known reggae artist in history, Jamaican-born Bob Marley. I say seems to because I'm no expert on Marley myself, so I can't judge what's...