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Reviewed by stevencsmovies 8 / 10

a documentary unique as the man himself

You might think that Pharrell Williams is too young to have his own documentary biopic. I did too, until I saw PIECE BY PIECE. This is an animated LEGO portrayal of Pharrell's life and career, which is the most "Pharrell" thing he could do: defying genres as a person and with his music. I've only known him as a musician, but he's done so much more as a producer. This movie also shines a light on what music producers actually do. It opened my eyes to just how many huge songs Pharrell and his band The Neptunes had a hand in creating. To name-drop some artists: Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Missy Elliott, and even Snoop Dogg, who has a very funny joke in this. This movie is directed by Morgan Neville, who won an award for the documentary 20 FEET FROM STARDOM. He does a great job detailing the ups and downs of life. One of the more fascinating aspects of this is how it depicts the way Pharrell listens to music. He has synesthesia, where he can actually see colors in his head while listening to music. This movie has lots of fun small details, due to the LEGO aesthetic. One thing I didn't expect to see is the portrayal of loss, especially not the Black Lives Matter movement. Pharrell didn't want to make just another regular biopic, it's definitely a breath of fresh air that is much more than just a gimmick. Imagination is such a powerful thing. This is a testament to self-belief and being uniquely yourself. If you're a Pharrell fan, go see it. If you're a LEGO fan, go see it. If you just wanna be happy, go see PIECE BY PIECE.

Reviewed by Wilot 8 / 10

Bring tissues, LEGO can make you cry.

Piece by Piece is a stunning exploration of creativity through the medium of LEGO animation. The film captivates with its vibrant visuals, particularly the breathtaking sea, speed boat and sunset.What sets this film apart is its narrative style, utilizing interview voices to weave Pharrell's story within the fabric of the animation. The rhythm of the beat is palpable throughout, making it not just a visual treat but an auditory one as well, creating a deeply immersive experience.Don't miss it in a cinema. It's made for the big screen with its vivid colours and super sound track played loud!

Reviewed by YARDCG 6 / 10

Extremely visually inventive - yet also struggles mightily with its pacing

Disclaimer: I am primarily a symphonic metal listener who has had very limited familiarity with this musical scene and have not heard of the lead until Happy became a breakout hit.With that disclaimer aside, I must say that Pharrell Williams undoubtedly deserves credit just for taking a risk to do this style of film about himself - and Morgan Neville for taking him up on it. A risk which, to be clear, does not appear to have paid off commercially, as even though Piece by Piece apparently cost a surprisingly low $16 million, it still grossed a bit less than that - rather than the >2X which are normally thought to make a film's theatrical run profitable. (Though it still fared incomparably better than Better Man, which had taken a far greater and more expensive risk that would have required a miracle to be commercially successful, and such a miracle did not occur.)The entire LEGO approach does in fact often result in some cool vistas we would not have seen otherwise. Any scene to do with water or space in particular (and there are quite a lot of them) looks stunning in this format. Since Neville obviously had the subject of the story in front of him (not having to reconstruct the story about a subject who had already passed away like many other biopics are forced to), all that was really needed was to pace it right - and it doesn't get there.That is, in spite of being just 93 minutes long, Piece by Piece still manages to really noticeably drag in the middle. The film appears to cover something like 35 years of Williams' life - but after a certain point, it becomes hard to tell what happened when, after how long, and why it was even important. Specifically, after Williams becomes successful a second time (the montage of him blowing his first taste of wealth and success is an unquestionable highlight), the events become a kaleidoscope of him meeting important people (Snoop Dogg! Jay Z! His wife!) and it's unclear what it is actually leading up to.Sure, a Williams documentary had to include Happy! As the capstone, and there presumably had to be some kind of a fall before that. That all occurs relatively suddenly and feels frankly belated. Given that this film which felt fine with a on-screen counter of William's earnings in the aforementioned montage, it could have had flashed years on the screen a few times to give us some basic grounding.As for the message Williams is trying to convey....on one hand, "creativity is about mixing pieces" may sound offputting to some, but he is far from the only creator to have said the same, and those who consider themselves sui generis often just don't know enough about those who came before them (and may ironically end up doing exactly what was already done many times earlier.) I also appreciate him talking about the social context of Happy, or the deep inspiration Carl Sagan had on him.On the other hand, Williams and Neville are clearly avoiding sharp edges - even when it's not hard for the attentive viewers to spot them anyway. Williams talks about the inspiration he's taken from Sagan in the same breath as he praises the role of local church - and yet, Sagan himself didn't just talk about the wonders of the universe but was also the author of "Demon-haunted World", a work deeply critical of any religion. This is just one of the contradictions the two aren't even really trying to square.In the same vein, the film is honest enough to acknowledge that Williams started out in this scene in large part due to the interest local police had taken in music as a way of keeping the youth out of trouble - and yet, the fighter jets roaring above Williams' neighbourhood are only treated as an uncomplicated Cool Thing - and not as an extension of the same system which often privileged hard power ahead of the prosperity for all Americans.Likewise, BLM protests of 2020 do get a mention, with Williams speaking with pride of the motivating power of his song. The immediate aftermath of those is not discussed - even though by the time the film finished production, a strong case could already have been made that the backlash to protests had more lasting impact than the protests themselves.In all, this is ultimately a flawed experiment. One still more interesting than many other films - yet also frustratingly distant from what it could have been.

Piece by Piece

2024

Animation / Biography / Comedy / Family / Musical

Piece by Piece

2024

Animation / Biography / Comedy / Family / Musical

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a documentary unique as the man himself

Bring tissues, LEGO can make you cry.

Extremely visually inventive - yet also struggles mightily with its pacing

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