A biopic drama following the life and music career of Freddie Mercury.
Like Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody is three parts good but not terribly exciting, and one part absolute joyful, fabulous entertainment that makes you forget everything else around it.
By ending on the Live Aid concert, Bohemian Rhapsody may end on a high, but also leaves out a crucial chapter in Mercury’s life.
Rami Malek’s impersonation adds a kind of magic to this Queen-produced rock slog with a troubling moralistic subtext.
Simultaneously great and terrible.
Rami Malek puts in a passionate central performance in this disappointingly broad biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
Toothless mass-market pop revisionism which is no where near as cool or compelling as its subject.
Definitely not Killer Queen, but thanks to a blinding turn from Malek, fans of the band will get their kicks.
An affectionate, laugh-out-loud and life-affirming celebration of one of the greatest entertainers of all time (“I’m a performer, darling, not a Swiss train conductor.”) whose incredible voice was, is and will forever remain A Kind Of Magic.
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is the cinematic presentation of Queen’s legacy and will do for them what ‘Mamma Mia!’ did for ABBA.
How Rami Malek became Freddie Mercury
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