I was a fan of Winehouse contemporaneously, and still am. Given her  chaotic, controversial career I approached this with trepidation. My verdict? An entertaining watch, but a flawed experience.

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Her early years are pretty much bypassed, her first meeting with the notorious , soon to be her  husband Blake Fielder-Civil (Jack O’Connell) doe eyed, rose tinted and gushingly sympathetic- maybe with one eye on a law suit from Fielder

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 Marisa Abela is visually convincing as Amy; her relationship with her father less so, Mitch (Eddie Marsan), is  treated sympathetically ( the family endorsed h film and cooperated and his pull on her underplayed. The Camden Town location shots are good. But her death is treated suddenly, perfunctorily and unsatisfactorily

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Fans of her music will have enough to enjoy, students of her history will not.

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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s  focus on Amy’s personal life is entirely speculative –  the role of Mark Ronson  is largely ignored,