Should have been much better

Rating: 7/10 (13 April 2019)

I had reasonably high expectations. I was a bit disappointed.
I'm not going to get into the historical inaccuracies, I understand it's an artistic movie.
But for the life of me I couldn't buy Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. I actually love Rami Malek and I was sure he will pull it off. He did not, I don't care what critics say.
Freddie Mercury was a man who happened to be gay. He was an extremely powerful presence. Rami Malek at no point inspires power, he seems like a little kid with a good voice who struggles with his sexuality. Probably our current PC society had something to do with this.
Sacha Baron Cohen would have been perfect in this role, unfortunately he's a tabloid style circus entertainer who only wanted to focus on the controversial and sexual stuff. I guess you can't have it all.
I'm giving it a 7, but considering the budget it's probably a 4.
I blame the band for settling for this. They have plenty of money, they should have done better to portray their legacy, and Freddie's.