Are you kidding me

Rating: 3/10 (2 March 2019)

Very disappointing. The movie itself is nothing special, it's just a trite arc of success, despair and redemption. Execution is poor: everything seems dialed in, and the movie fails miserably in involving the audience and give some emotional depth.
Also, I thought they would tell more about his life, and give some insight - they do not.
The biggest reason for the failure is Academy Award winner Rami Malek. The truth is he's light-years away both from the greatness of Freddie and any kind of resemblance to his persona. Malek is only capable of hysterical blank stares with occasional weasel smirks, depriving Freddie Mercury of all of his irony, thoughtfulness, sweetness, energy, and grandeur. Malek's performance is the epitome of overrated and overblown.
On a positive note, listening to a dozen of Queen hits played loudly at the cinema is something really great.