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Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2019)

Biopic of the hugely popular/successful pop band Queen and the late singer Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991.
Now this film has been criticised by some clever clog critics for its apparent lack of Freddie hedonism story.
I strongly disagree. The descent into orgies, homosexuality and AIDS is all covered. Along with the little known story of Freddie's wife Mary Austin.
The actors give great performances as the band members especially Rami Malek as Mercury. They look so believable. Malek even wears some kind of denture device to mimic the famous Freddie overbite.
In a way that is one of the strengths of the film. It chronicles the rise, fall and rise again of the GROUP leading up to the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London where Queen quite literally stole the show.
The Wembley scenes are so realistic.
As a story of Queen rather than Freddie himself the film is a triumph revealing some interesting facts such as the songwriters of some of their most famous songs such as I'm In Love With My Car!
The film will appeal to Queen fans as a chronicle of their greatest hits. A guilty pleasure!
A troubled production behind the scenes apparently for several documented reasons. What influence did certain ex band members have?