If you’re sick of formulaic musical biopics — which is to say, almost 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 fight, has a story to tell about his childhood, his career, and his creative process, and it’s not your typical rags to riches tale. (Also he’s a “Star Trek” fan so if no one else gets that joke, at least he will.)
“Piece by Piece” is an animated documentary, which is not a brand-new concept but it hasn’t been done to death either.
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