Could have been great

Rating: 7/10 (8 November 2018)

I so wanted to love this. I liked it, but couldn't love it no matter how hard I tried.
I know they had problems with Singer leaving and Fletcher having to take over and I don't know how much of an impact that had, but it did feel disjointed to me.
I loved Rami Malek and honestly can't think of a better person to have done this job apart from the great man himself. It's worth it for his performance alone, but I walked out of the screening just wishing it could have been what I'd been dreaming it would be for the last few years. The music of Queen was epic and this movie should have tried to at least keep up with that sense of grandeur and magic, but it just couldn't quite do it.
Worth a watch, just don't go in with hopes too high, and maybe you'll enjoy it more than me.