Something's amiss

Rating: 6/10 (23 November 2018)

When you have someone as unique and talented as Freddy Mercury, an actor as interesting and capable as Rami Malek, songs as powerful as Queen songs, you have a movie right there that is impossible to screw up. But does it achieve more than just not screw up? I am not sure. There's a strong beginning. (A fitting line from the film.) There are many powerful and pognient moments. But something's amiss. At times it felt like it was out of breath. Supporting characters seemed universally flat. With a few exceptions everyone so easily agreed to everything, no matter how outrageous. That felt fake. It's a pretty good film. But it could have been better.