Excellent Performance, Giving Us a Picture of a Great Talent

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2019)

I finally watched this film. The critics were a little hard on it, but it's awfully hard to divorce yourself from the incredible talent of Freddie Mercury. Yes, it is pretty contrived, which, unfortunately is the fate of the biopic. From the beginning the character was larger than life. We did get a bit into the recording industry stuff, but I'm not quite sure how much of the pain was put forth. Also, Freddie's recognition of his gayness had to have been hinted at a but earlier. But the music was so good and it makes me want to check out some videos of Queen in concert. By the way, did the Mike Meyers character actually say that Bohemian Rhapsody will never be sung by people in a car? This was a bit much.