Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2019)

This movie is not a very bad movie, but it is also not good.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" has great acting by Rami Malek and good performances by the other actors, not to forget the wonderful music of English rock band Queen. But this movie has some big issues.
First of all the editing of this film is completely trash. Good editing should be able to create a structure of storytelling and should manage narrative pace. But the structure of the first half of this movie was utterly bad, because the order of the single Scenes is absolutely exchangeable. How this won Best Editing at the Oscars??! Another problem is the weakness of the screenplay. In most of the Scenes the characters are not very well written, because of many very simple phrases. Addtionally there is an avoidance for showing deep into Mercurys sexuality and private life. So it seems, that the screenplay wants to avoid Depth of Content. Also the historical accuracy is not impressive. Some Songs were timed in the wrong year and Freddie Mercury was not Aware of his illness until 1987 (2 years after the Live Aid).
All in all I think, that the most Viewers are impressed of the great perfomance of Malek and the Music of Queen. This movie is entertaining, but it Fails to be accurate and structured. It is a very emotional and moving Picture, but there is no deeper insight into the things that really matter, making it to one of the most overrated movies of the last time.
Rating: 4 / 10