Robbie Williams - Nobody Someday Reviews

A routine documentary of Robbie Williams's last European tour delivers no great musical moments, particularly as the sound is so flat and processed. And it offers no great insights into a rock 'n' roller's life on the road. So what makes it just about worth watching? In a nutshell, Williams himself. The cameras catch him shortly after he cleaned up his act. Free from drink and drugs, the singer's sole remaining demon seems to be his own self-doubt as he agonises over whether he really wants to be a rock star. The remaining footage charts the petulant pop star's rollercoaster mood swings and his eventual realisation that maybe being a girl-mobbed multimillionaire isn't that bad after all. Deprived of the usual rock and roll excesses, the documentary is not much of an exposé, however Williams himself — a volatile mix of the morose, the mischievous and the mercurial — is compulsively watchable. Still, it's surprising that this vanity vehicle should be getting a cinema release when video or DVD seems to be its natural home.

A routine documentary of Robbie Williams's last European tour delivers no great musical moments, particularly as the sound is so flat and processed. And it offers no great insights into a rock 'n' roller's life on the road. So what makes it just about worth watching? In a nutshell, Williams himself. The cameras catch him shortly after he cleaned up his act. Free from drink and drugs, the singer's sole remaining demon seems to be his own self-doubt as he agonises over whether he really wants to be a rock star. The remaining footage charts the petulant pop star's rollercoaster mood swings and his eventual realisation that maybe being a girl-mobbed multimillionaire isn't that bad after all. Deprived of the usual rock and roll excesses, the documentary is not much of an exposé, however Williams himself — a volatile mix of the morose, the mischievous and the mercurial — is compulsively watchable. Still, it's surprising that this vanity vehicle should be getting a cinema release when video or DVD seems to be its natural home.