Playing too safe...

Rating: 6/10 (27 October 2018)

I absolutely loved some bits in this story but also was quite confused watching it.
First of all, Freddie was an incredible shy person offstage, with this irritatingly sweet habit of covering his mouth when laughing, he was clearly very self consciousg. I did not see the actor doing it, instead I saw a guy coming across really confident.
Another thing is that Freddie was extremely promiscuous, not sure why the film is erring on the side of caution with this... It was a part of who he was.
Both Freddie and Marry were heart broken when he decided to come clean with his sexuality. The film gives the impression like he was actually pining over her for ages, when the fact is that they maintained a successful friendship and he had his heart broken by multiple guys , so he was not romantically involved with her like forever. In fact, it was a huge emotional blow for Marry, and she didn't just move out and move on, it took her ages to become seriously involved with another guy.
The parties Freddie threw were nothing like they showed , they were unbelievably wild and excessive... the ones in this film just don't do justice to the real things.
Freddie did not meet Jim in his house. Another thing is that Freddie was not necessarily very loyal to Jim and didn't treat him very well , and poor Jim took loads of blows until Freddie finally settled down with him.
Finally, I'm not sure if Freddie actually introduced Jim to his father and if his father actually patted him on the back suddenly forgetting where they were coming from.
Dialogues are also a weak point of the film.
I love Freddie and I feel like he deserves a real , brave bohemian story of his life.