Deceptively Average.

Rating: 5/10 (21 November 2018)

There are far too many Queen fans who have over-rated this movie but its easy to see why.
This is a very basic/average movie which is lifted by the musical scenes.
Despite the content and story, this is a very bland and strangely unemotional paint by the numbers story of a rock band, the way they would like you to think of them.
There is barely a mis-step on the bands journey from small venues to first album and then sell out shows. Surely it wasnt that easy? Because its certainly not believable.
The movie is structured in way it shows you a bland story section then a live music number and repeat till the end.
The live musical scenes are done well however this detracts from the actual story telling and emotional content which falls quite flat. Also too much story time is wasted on how certain songs were written. It seems like each band member wanted to show that they wrote a song in the Queen canon as if this actually mattered for the story. So much seems to have been missed story-wise in the 2 hour running time and this is where a huge chuck of the movie is wasted.
The reason I say the very high ratings are deceptive is because the only moment which packs any punch is the last act which is very well done.
The problem is that it leave you wondering why this was the only section of the movie which engaging and worth the fee. Its also why we have so many reviews which are so high is because this is the last part you experience.
For me the 8 and even 10 ratings are reserved for movies which have better content than a decent last twenty minutes.
The critics were correct, this is a flawed movie, its just that it ends on a high and some people cant see past this cheap trick.