Robbie Williams — who rose from the boy band Take That to become one of the biggest UK music icons of the 1990s and early ’00s — is transformed into a singing, dancing chimpanzee thanks to the wonders of CGI in "Better Man.

Robbie Williams' biopic "Better Man" not only spotlights his colorful, sometimes controversial life, but depicts the famed British singer as a chimp.

For many Americans, director Michael Gracey’s kaleidoscopic portrait of the Brit-pop sensation’s career will double as an overdue introduction.

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 watching a CGI monkey,

"As you'll no doubt have heard by now", Robbie Williams is portrayed in this biopic – directed by The Greatest Showman's Michael Gracey – as an ape, said Patrick Cremona in Radio Times. "More specifically",

Despite its inventive moments, the film's lack of insight and unlikable protagonist leave viewers disconnected