The critics get it wrong, again - This Movie Rocked Me

Rating: 10/10 (16 November 2018)

Having recently watched A Star is Born, which devastated me with its naked poignancy and surreal performances from Gaga and Cooper, I'd been influenced by the negative critic reviews for this biopic of Queen and almost didn't watch this movie, despite everyone I know telling me it was a 'must see'. I was dragged along with the family, and as someone who grew up singing every lyric to every Queen song as a child, I was blown away by how brilliantly the movie was conducted, and how cleverly the Director took our emotions up and down. Mercury's treatment in the movie is rightfully respectful, and I hope the journalists who mauled him about his sexuality watch this film and bow their heads in shame. This movie won't win as many Oscars as A Star is Born, but it deserves at least one.