'Amy' rips out the heart and soul

The drinking, the bulimia, or the drugs — and nobody stopped it,” said Amy director Asif Kapadia in an interview with The Guardian. There isn’t a better way to sum up the gut-wrenching documentary about jazz sensation Amy Winehouse.

Watching the spiraling demise of the unbelievably talented singer/songwriter is painful. The femme fatale contralto burst onto the music scene with the same skyrocketing success of the biggest names in the industry. And like many rock stars, her light burned out in a flash.

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