Especially for People Who Know Little About Queen

Rating: 7/10 (11 November 2018)

By some counting, Queen was a long time ago. They last gave a public performance in 1986.
Some of the events in this movie are not true. Either they happened earlier or later or, some will say, not at all. But this is always true for bio-pics. We get an explanation of how Queen was formed. Exactly true? No, the truth is way too complicated for a movie. We learn about Freddie's background, his family, especially his father.
Saying Freddie had AIDS should not be a spoiler. When did he know it? When did he think it? When did he feel like something was wrong? These are tricky things to know and unless he left a diary - and who trusts diaries? - we have a lot of different choices about all of the possibilities.
What BR does give is a personable young man, ridden by demons. The music is great. The acting is good enough. The people in suits are, well, they are Suits. And how can we love Suits? We care about the music.
There is a lot more to know about Queen and Freddie Mercury, but this is a darn good introduction and more honest than most movie bio-pics.