Truly brilliant portrayal of a truly brilliant man

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2019)

I wasn't a Queen fan that much initially. As a guitar player and a music fan myself I found Bohemian Rhapsody to be just too complicated as a song when I'd listen to it because of how many different little bits and pieces it seems to go into....
Well my appreciation for that song has increased ten fold after seeing this film as well as watching Queens 1986 concert live at wembley.
As others have stated, Rami Malek's portrayal of Freddie is a truly oscar worthy performance... from his long hair to his horrendous buck teeth to his "mr fancy pants" british accent, Malek does Freddie justice from start to finish. I was most surprised to see Joseph Mozzello taking on the role of the bass player, John Deacon . that's right little Tim Murphy from Jurassic Park is all grown up and playing one of the most pivotal bass players in rock history. He's a spitten image on screen of the real John Deacon from the mid 80's as is the three others. Gwilym Lee's portrayal of Bryan May is sensational and if I was the real Bryan May I would be so proud of this man for not only looking like me, but for behaving and preforming like me.
The later parts of the film shows the bands troubles they faced and their tensions at working together in the lead up to the 1985 wave aid concert. The partying and sex and drugs are shown to be all factors that led to Queens complications as well as Freddie announcing to his band-mates of his aids diagnosis.
The finale of the film is basically the 1985 wave aid performance in which all the songs in their set are disappointingly cut short.... Malek sings like Freddie and Moves like Freddie throughout this entire finale and it serves the entire film justice. BR is a wonderful portrayal of one of the worlds most important bands. It is a shame Sacha Baron Cohen couldn't have played Freddie like originally planned because the Oscar could have easily been his....