Rami Malek and cast give legendary performance as a legendary band

Rating: 7/10 (10 November 2018)

I went and saw this movie with my mom yesterday. I grew up listening to Queen, seeing as both my parents are huge fans. Throughout the movie, my mom kept whispering to me, "These actors look so much like the real people," and "Rami Malek becomes Freddy Mercury." She and I were both very impressed with the performances given by the main cast, this is casting done right! Not only did the actors all look like their real life counterparts, they really nailed the personalities and mannerisms of said counterparts. I might not have been around during Queen's glory days, and Freddy Mercury had already passed away before I was born, but Queen is one of my favorite bands and as a singer myself, Freddy Mercury is one of my idols. I always research my favorite bands, that includes Queen. And the only reason why I didn't give this film a 10 out of 10 rating is because of the many historical inaccuracies. The timeline was all jumbled up, and there were a lot of things that weren't brought up in the film at all that should of been, (one example would be Queen's collaboration with David Bowie to create the legendary song Under Pressure, not to mention the fact that Freddy's friendship with Bowie went back all the way to the 60s). An example of a historical inaccuracy in this film, is that it leads the viewer to think that Freddy Mercury found out he had aids in 1985, it even has a scene where he tells the band that he is HIV positive during rehearsals for Live Aid, in real life it's believed Mercury wasn't aware he was HIV positive until about 1987, and he didn't really tell anyone until it got to a point where he couldn't explain away his condition or hide his symptoms anymore. I absolutely loved this film, aside from the inaccuracies, I feel that this film was incredibly successful. The performances by the cast are what made this film so successful in my opinion, especially Rami Malek, whom definitely deserves an oscar nomination for his portrayal of Mercury.