‘Piece by Piece’ Review: Lego-Animated Pharrell Doc Is Built Like a Brick Hit House
If you're ill of formulaic musical biopics-- which is to state, nearly all musical biopics-- Morgan Neville's "Piece by Piece" is a breath of fresh air. Pharrell Williams, an artist with more # 1 hits than Will Riker and Jack Ransom in a bar battle, has a story to outline his youth, his profession, and his imaginative procedure, and it's not your normal rags to riches tale. (Also he's a "Star Trek" fan so if nobody else gets that joke, a minimum of he will.)
"Piece by Piece" is an animated documentary, which is not a new principle however it hasn't been overdone either. Morgan Neville, who won an Oscar for the music documentary "20 Feet from Stardom," sat Pharrell Williams and his pals, household and creative partners down for extended interviews, and after that animated their story uti...
