As far as rock biopics go, Better Man is visually audacious but shamelessly routine. Its CGI wizardry can’t cover up the fact that we’ve seen this story oodles of times before. Yet it has a spirited, ...

Williams, who is a massive star in Europe, hopes the movie will be a sort of introduction for American audiences.

Premieres for films including the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, and Unstoppable, starring Jennifer Lopez, had already ...