Freddie Mercury Lives Forever!

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2019)

I'm a huge Queen fan but let's face it, this is certainly not a great film. However, Rami Malek is a revelation as he transforms himself into one of the great performers of all time. He becomes Freddie Mercury. If there's a better male performance from this year's crop of Oscar contenders I haven't seen it. Ergo there's the rub. Who is Rami Malek and is he capable of ever scaling these acting heights again?
The Academy has erred before and given the Statuette to performers who never again came close to the caliber of their Oscar winning performances. We know Viggo, Bradley and Christian have done it before and will do it again. Rami could be a one hit wonder. I guess we'll all have to wait and see.