It will rock you.

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2019)

In spite of all the bad reviews this movie has received over the few months since its release, it's managed to attract a following that, if I'm not mistaken and I don't think I am, it's made it a box office hit and the highest grossing musical biopic ever made.
And I can perfectly understand why. It sure uses some well trodden paths and formulas to tell its story, but it also conveys something that most films nowadays lack. It conveys emotion. Whether you're a Queen fan or not, you cannot help but be moved by the story and especially the lead singer of one the best bands of the 20th century. Whatever the movie's faults may be, historical accuracy for the most part, it more than makes up for with heart and above all, a mesmerizingly uncanny portrayal of Freddie Mercury by Rami Malek. The rest of the cast help give his performance the necessary backbone that the story otherwise would lack. What's worth taking away from it, it's that it gives voice to a rock band that most young people nowadays wouldn't necessarily know existed. The movie goes in a crescendo until it finally reaches its end; Queen's Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium. And if you're still not convinced to this point, that set piece alone is well worth the price of admission. That alone, and Malek's performance, did it for me. Do not miss out.