Dividing Mercury

Rating: 7/10 (20 February 2019)

Bohemian Rhapsody is not a movie about just one thing. Freddie Mercury's story is one with many relationships. The film brings up many of these relationships all at once. There's Freddie's relationship with his parents, with Mary, with the members of Queen, with his mangers, with his lovers, and with himself. By the end of the movie the point is driven home, that Freddie has come to terms with who he is. After having found himself in this way, Freddie is able to give appropriate closure to each of these relationships. This surprised me, given how many of these open areas were present. Halfway through the movie, I did not imagine that the ending would be so satisfying. Still, the one fault I saw in the movie was just that it divides how much I care among each of these relationships.
The performance by Rami Malek overshadowed everyone else in the film, which is fitting for this kind of biopic.