Nothing wrong, but give me the original any day

Rating: 6/10 (4 August 2019)

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is the latest musical biopic and this time it's about the legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Mercury is one of my all-time favourite singers, and this film is certainly a well-made exploration of his life and rise to fame. It's also rather lengthy and more than a little laboured at times, so that many parts of Mercury's life are skipped over or excised altogether. Rami Malek does a fine impression of Mercury and certainly looks the part, and the attention to period detail is enjoyable. I could have done with a few more songs amid the family drama and genre tropes; the only time this really picks up with the right kind of energy is for the climactic Live Aid gig. The real-life footage of Mercury singing over the end credits puts things into perspective too.