Decent tribute to a musical icon

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2018)

Portraying someone like Freddie Mercury is no easy feat. The same goes for the band Queen. The director was also wise to use Freddie's voice as no one can come close to this. Rami Malek is passable and pays great homage to Freddie as he looks and acts the part. You really feel you are watching Freddie and Queen. I got goosebumps throughout this film as we relived some moments of Freddie's life especially the live performances. People can easily challenge how accurate some of it was. It shyed away from many controversial and crazy aspects of Freddie's life, the wild parties and affairs. It seemed quite PG friendly and contained no swearing, Freddie definitely swore. The ending also seemed somewhat rushed. We see Freddie at Live Aid and nothing about his last days. A number of events happened after Live Aid such as Wembley and his final album. All would have been great viewing.
This film was great, the music was great and finally a crew had the guts and skill to pull a fitting tribute off. 8/10