Loneliness never comes alone

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2019)

A brief history of musical band Queen.
What can audience expect from a movie about legendary music band Queen directed by notorious Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, X-Men universe movies) by screenplay written by Anthony McCarten who gained recognition and fame for his latest works of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour? Without no doubt a high quality product.
And what do we have in reality?
Non-dynamic, non-drama, unemotional and non-expressive story consisting of a series of individual fragments, spinning around the person of Freddie Mercury. It is absolutely not clear what goal the authors of the film set themselves, but they created it as if with tied hands. Either because of the responsibility hanging over them, or because of the fear of putting Mercury in the wrong light.
The biggest drawbacks of the film are the script and the lack of realism.
Acting of Rami Malek (Mr. Robot, Papillon) is highly overrated. The main character is not disclosed, although there is no Malek guilt in it.
It is worth noting the visual similarity of the film characters with their real life prototypes. The similarity is really amazing. Here the filmmakers have tried their best.
Pleasant impressions while watching the movie causes the acting of Lucy Boynton (Murder on the Orient Express, Apostle) in the role of Mary Austin, a Freddy's friend. Her acting is sincere and causes the proper emotions in the viewer. Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) and Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Valkyrie, About Time) are on their places too.
Speaking of cinematography, the film has beautiful close-ups and accents on the details. High-quality montage and warm colors harmoniously complement each other. Scenes of live performances filmed at high level and create for the viewer the effect of presence.
In conclusion, Bohemian Rhapsody turned out as a family movie on a non-family friendly topic. Neither emotional, non intellectual.
I wish someday we could see a movie about Queen starring Sacha Baron Cohen in the spirit of The Doors by Oliver Stone.