are you kucking fidding me?

Rating: 5/10 (13 December 2018)

Let's face it , Queen's music was (and is) fantastic and Freddy Mercury's voice was astounding.
Any film about them is bound to be a spellbinding musical experience and just to find a guy with Rami Malek's moves is a wonder of its own.( Although I'm suspicious as to whether it's his voice they use!)
Such a pity then that the storyline is a little waxen and the acting very wooden.
Rami does not a bad job of playing Freddy but Lucy Boynton is just terrible and the guy from Downton Abbey isn't too far behind (he should go back to being a chauffeur).
It's like the script was written by a 10 year old and the most unwittingly hilarious line is when Freddy says
"I think I'm bisexual"..
No! Say it ain't so...
nobody's noticed until now?
Even his dumb girlfriend didn't cotton on? There he is prancing and preening around like he's a founding member of the LBGTQ movement and she didn't notice? Come on, you lazy- assed scriptwriters!

In fact all of the bit parts give the impression of someone being corralled on the street and asked to take on the role.Hence the movie outside of the electrifying songs comes across dull and cheap...... sorta like dress rehearsal before the proper guys come in.
The only redemption is the absolutely overwhelming quality of their music coming through unspoiled. You cannot help but gasp at the range of the voice and the talent of the musicians.
For me it was worth the ten bucks just for that, but I wouldn't recommend it very highly to other moviegoers
update Jan6
We're in deep trouble if this won any kind of award, an episode of the Kardashians would be more deserving. If this is supposed to be the best then I ain't goin' to the movies any more!