Good film

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2019)

Felt like I had to share my thoughts after seeing the movie. I read some bad critics before that almost kept me from going, but I'm glad I did.
I didn't really know a lot about Queen or Freddie except for some of their hits and the fact that he was gay and died because of HIV. This film was a pleasure to watch and I feel I got to know Freddie a lot better.
I can understand some of the critics: the writing is kind of unnatural and the dialogue too rehearsed. For example at some point the band members get into an argument until all of a sudden someone breaks up the fight by playing this perfect cool riff he just invented and BOOM there's the next hit song and everything's forgotten. I doubt it ever really went like that. The characters also stay very shallow except for Freddie, who I think this film is all about in the end.
If you want a more realistic view, I'm sure there are a lot of nice documentaries.
But to me all of this seemed more like an effective stylistic choice to keep the story moving and make it enjoyable and not too heavy or boring.
So I really enjoyed this movie. It's funny, it's sad, it's learnful, Rami Malek does an incredible job. Seeing Freddie come alive to the music like that was so inspiring and uplifting. And the climax towards the end is so satisfying.
If you like the music, go see it!