Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2019)

Rewatching this film on DVD I thought I'd flesh out my review.
I still believe in my previous statement, this is a brilliant film that did great justice to a true legend!
I have always liked Queen, I mostly listened to them when I was in school but never really knew anything about the band besides the typical trivia; names, songs, the fact that Freddie was gay and that he died of AIDS. But this film taught me so much more.
It was an incredible story to watch how Queen was formed and their beginnings, how they developed their music and style. Freddie's relationship with the band members and with his manager/lover.
How Freddie was driven by Paul to leave Queen to make solo albums, but becomes trapped in a life of drugs, alcohol and orgies that Paul creates around him - it seemed Paul was drunk on Feddie's success and fame and dragged Freddie down with him
I liked the reunion of the band and thier reaction to Feddie's revelation that he has AIDS, but also his inspiring decision to keep performing as he was born to do, keep writing songs and making albums (that we still love today)
Rami Malek's performance was incredible and he deserves every accolade he received for this film.