Turns Out America Doesn't Really Care Who Robbie Williams Is, Nor Do They Want To See A Movie About Him Starring A CGI Monkey

If were confused by my title, don't be embarrassed, there were a lot of words in it that probably shouldn't make a lot of sense when grouped together. But I assure you, they actually do make sense. The singer Robbie Williams has a biopic about his life, but instead of an actor playing him...he's played by a CGI monkey. But you might still be confused about who the fuck Robbie Williams is, and again, I wouldn't blame you. He is a massive name in the UK, maybe comparable to Justin Bieber, if the Biebs stardom never went overseas. To put his European fame into perspective- he played 3 straight nights at Knebworth for over 375,000 people total. Do some math and yep, that's about 125,000 people per show. again, this dude is MASSIVE over there. Here's a nice shot of one of the shows....

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Not too shabby if ya ask me. But most people here in the good ol' US of A don't really think about him. And that seems to happen from time to time, some folks just don't connect with the American audience like they do with the Euro audience. Not to say he didn't have hit songs here. I feel like Millennium got some time on MTV 

And Angels is a pretty well known song I think? 

But the real kicker is despite him not being a massive name state side, and despite him opting to be played by a CGI monkey in the movie…apparently it's quite good?

Well shit, now I gotta see it. It makes no sense on paper, which is probably why it tanked at the box office, but it also feels like it's going to be a word of mouth "have you seen the monkey singing movie?" type of joint. So now I have no choice but to go see it and report back. More to come, my friends.