Entertainment with a soul

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2018)

This movie does not need another review, but I enjoyed myself so much that I wanted to post my little tribute.
The plot is encased between the beginning and the end of Queen's show at Live Aid and it tells 15 years of their story. The costumes, settings, etc... inclusive of 70s awful hairstyles, are impeccable.
Malek does a great job as Mercury. Of course, he could not be expected to do the singing, but that does not impact the movie a bit. Some scenes are quite moving and thankfully, they do not dwell too deeply into Mercury's sexuality. We all know how that worked out... no need for cautionary tales.
The movie is not the glorification of a gay icon, but of the story of a human being, with all the luggage, problems, loneliness, happines and despair that are part of everybody's life. Maybe that's why it touched people's hearts.