Freddy and Queen are GREAT! This movie was....okay.

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2019)

I think many Freddy and Queen fans are overpraising this film because they're such great fans of the music. I, too, grew up loving the man and the band, but have to honestly say this movie is just pretty good--and mostly because of the music.
There's very little dramatic tension, as the movie shows the band rising quickly and easily without any struggles. Even if it's true that they didn't have to starve for decades before being discovered, the movie could have built more drama through the clash of band members and with other characters. The "tension" scene where they meet the random record producer who doesn't get Bohemian Rhapsody really lacks tension; everything is predictable and undramatic.
Perhaps there were too many storylines they had touch on, too many songs to cover (as all Queen fans know, they could only include about half the big hits in this movie). I would have liked to see more infighting while they were still unknown or while getting discovered. More serious tension in the family scenes would have given this story more meaning. Instead, the family dynamic is pretty much of made-for-TV movie quality.
But the music ROCKED! And the Live Aid performance (well lip-synced by Rami Malek) made a great ending. For that, I give it 8 stars!