It's a good movie, I was afraid it would be much worse, but it could have been a lot better...

Rating: 7/10 (12 November 2018)

The film as a whole is very superficial and "happy", there is no real sense of adversity at any time. It changes a lot of things from reality too, namely Freddie's relationship with Mary (whom he left the mansion and much of his fortune) and with that "pseudo manager" Paul, that "misleads" him.
The movie is very episodic and jumps from one event to another without a solid thread, it seems like a kind of medley in which you're listening to a great song and then suddenly it is already another.
The creation of the different iconic songs is not explored in depth, most of them are just referenced to. At one point we hear Under Pressure but David Bowie is not even mentioned in the movie... They speak of the Killer Queen which was the hit that made them famous but we never see them playing/singing the song let alone creating it.
But for me the worst of the movie is the option to end in Live Aid and not on Freddie's death, yes it was probably the band's top moment but they did so many extraordinary things after Live Aid and before Freddie died. Especially the Highlander soundtrack in which includes Who Wants to Live Forever or the fact that the album Made in Heaven was released immediately after Freddie's death and he recorded it precisely for that purpose.
The Queen also played God Save the Queen on the Queen's birthday for years on end and in the movie they never even meet her.
Then there is the question of Freddie's sexuality and extravagance that is very diluted by making only a very light allusion to it, for example there are drugs at parties but there are no people doing drugs.
As for the actors, the performances are all good and the band members are identical. (Brian May's actor has to be a clone!!) Rami Malek does an extraordinary role (never Oscar worthy as some claim, but very good) and is the best part of the movie, following the songs of course.
It's a good movie, I was afraid it would be much worse, but it could have been a lot better, too.