Jackson Family Robbed In “Best” Musical Biopic Of All Time Poll

jharv | October 29, 2007 1:00 am
The Idolator braintrust took in Control this weekend. Afterwards we both agreed that it was, while hypnotizingly pretty, not very good as, you know, a narrative film. Which makes its appearance on the following list of the “best” musical biopics, as voted by the users of Lovefilm*, somewhat telling. Because judging by the Top 10, the whole genre looks pretty stank.

1. Walk The Line 2. 8 Mile 3. Amadeus 4. Ray 5. The Doors 6. What’s Love Got To Do With It 7. Control 8. Sid And Nancy 9. La Bamba 10. Backbeat

What, no Jacksons: An American Dream? Is this just anti-TV movie bias at work?

Walk The Line ‘Best’ Music Biopic [BBC]

*Lovefilm appears to be some kinda Euro-Netflix, just in case you were wondering about its authority as a ranking body.