A bland night at the cinema...

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2019)

I am struggling to understand why the film has received such good reviews, as apart from the soundtrack, the film was very bland.
Malek is like a spitting image style caricature of Freddie Mercury, and does not have the physical stature to play the great man. The supporting cast (Myers aside) are television actors at best - and that shows.
When you get to the "story" it is very weak, and almost entirely made up. Such as Mercury splitting the band (Queen released several albums during the alleged split up), timing of releases, how they apparently got added to Live Aid at the last minute, when Mercury finds out he has aids. The list goes on!
The music is incredible, and was the only reason that I sat through the entire film.
I can see why Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Whishaw decided against filming this poor interpretation of Mercury and Queen.