Bohemian Rhapsody WILL rock you!

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2018)

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a nice, if heavily sanitized biopic about Queen's legendary singer, Freddie Mercury and the rest of the band. Although it plays a bit of hanky panky in the timeline department, those in the audience who know little about the band's history won't surely mind. The casting Rami Malek as Mercury was spot on, although I do believe that Sacha Baron Cohen (the producers original choice to play the legendary singer) would've been even more spot on due to his much closer resemblance to Freddie. The rest of the cast was also perfectly cast: Gwilym Lee DOES look like Brian May and Joseph Mazzello IS John Deacon (to the point of limiting himself to only utter one-liners and be, like the real John, mostly in the background of things). Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor is physically less convincing but more that makes up for it with his amusing performance.
This be said, and I'm sorry if I sound obvious, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a movie FOR the Queen fan, even the casual fans. If you're not a fan of Queen or hard rock it's less likely to fire you up. I grew up with Queen, so in my case I enjoyed it very much despite some historical innacurracies (which Brian May and Roger Taylor eventually gave their concent to).
The film is basically one huge build up to its "Live Aid" finale. It would've been interesting to see the aftermath of Live Aid and how the band functioned normally for almost 6 more years, but the movie would've ended on a downbeat.
Hearing Queen's greatest songs on a movie theater's speakers will definitely send shivers down your spine!
Great, solid entertainment in an era where we will hardly see another band as massive as Queen.