It's alright

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2019)

Everyone was hyping this up to be an Oscar worthy biopic that captured Freddie Mercury and Queen excellently...except it's not. The film never should have won 4 Oscars. Especially editing. God only knows how that happened. Anyway, don't get me wrong, it's a good film. It's definitely entertaining but my problem is I sometimes ask myself, would it be just as good without the incredible music? Probably not. It follows all the music biopic tropes bit by bit. The star starts off humble and likeable, but slowly turns to drugs and alcohol, he has a wee outburst and his friends stop liking him. Then he redeems himself and has a nice time.
My main problem with the film is just how safe it is. Freddie was a sex, drug and alcohol addict, and we get one F word?! What?! This guy was the edgiest man going, back then. I also found there to be no emotional depth. They try to make you feel sad for Freddie when he goes off on his solo career and the rest of the band dislike him for it. But when you remember that in the real word that both Brian May and Roger Taylor released solo albums before Freddie, it takes away all emotional meaning.
This feels just like another biopic that features queen music.
It's a watchable film and you'll get a fair amount of enjoyment out of it, but after seeing a biopic done right in Rocketman, I dont see myself going back to this one any time soon