It did not make a big splash on its first weekend in the US, up against Hollywood heavyweights such as Gladiator II and Wicked, but it scored 88% on Rotten Tomatoes with critics and 94% with audiences. Its number Forbidden Road was nominated for the Golden Globe ’s best song.

Robbie Williams has responded to the news that a song from Better Man, the biopic of his own life, was disqualified from contention at the 97th Academy Awards.