Review: 'Bob Marley: One Love' doesn't stir

“Bob Marley: One Love” is a noble but uninspired attempt to capture some of the essence of a monumental musical force. Its lived-in textures and attention to Marley’s political consciousness are enough to make “One Love” something more substantial than many recent, glossier music biopics. But the power and complexity of Marley is still out of reach for “One Love,” writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review. The film takes a typical biopic framework in plotting itself around the run-up to an important concert with flashbacks mixed in. When footage of the real Marley inevitably plays over the credits, it’s a painful comparison to the ruminative but inert movie that played before it.