A forgettable movie

Rating: 4/10 (20 February 2019)

It wasn't what it should've been. The facts weren't accurate. And you can't do a PG13 movie about Freddie Mercury.. it needs to be R rated. It should've been more explicit. They barely smoked and there's very little sex in the movie. His whole life was based on the rock'n'roll lifestyle. Which wasn't very well portrayed in the film. His main romantic interest in the movie is Mary Austin which, again, isn't very accurate. His relationship with Jim Hutton was barely covered. The concerts scenes were too long. Don't get me wrong, I understand the movie is a tribute to Queen and that the performances were vital to the story, but they were the main focus of the movie. If I wanted to see Freddie perform, I could've watched the real him on youtube. I wanted to see his life. To feel his life. The movie showed only the surface of Freddie's existence. Because of that, I don't think people will remember this movie. Ultimately it's the director's fault for making it this way, not the actors. Each actor's performance was great. Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Lucy Boynton and Ben Hardy were phenomenal in it. They all looked like the real members. BUT it's a forgettable, inaccurate movie. It felt very amateur.