Touching and though-provoking

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2018)

I'm the type of person who always find something to complain about about every movie, yet for this one, I could only whine about my behind hurting from the hard chair it's been sitting on for too long.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie that doesn't keep you at the edge of your sit (not that it could... or should), nor is it boring you at any moment and the latter is quite a feat for its given length. It's a movie about the band, but it puts a lot of focus on Freddie's life.
It is not a documentary - and as such, it doesn't follow religiously the timeline. But then again, it couldn't be one, unless it would turn into a shallow tv series. It also isn't a live concert recording or a remastered album (that's for those who are or were expecting the songs to queue up on their proper length). It also isn't CGI infested like the movies we're so used with nowadays.
Granted, the dialogues do feel a bit short, but again, I wager it would be impossible to squeeze more in - given the movie's scope - without turning it into a series. As such, everything that's been put it this movie properly capture the most important aspects of every episode of the band's history presented and, as the credits started rolling, I was left with a lot of thoughts about our nature, about society's standards, about the music industry as a whole.
Malek plays great, as I got used with and expecting from him, after seeing his performance in Mr. Robot. The whole cast does. I won't comment on the soundtrack as I'd be strongly biased and would overestimate it. The missing star, for me, is due to the rather clumsy way of pushing the movie's timeline.