One of the better musical biopics out there

Rating: 7/10 (24 August 2019)

Before saying anything, here are few things

I don't like musicals
I never heard any song of Elton John
and I loved this movie

I don't like musicals because they follow the same beat by beat story, which the one also did, but thanks to the amazing performances from everyone, really good vocal performance from Taron Egerton and a very well-paced movie, it was very watchable. My favorite was part was the first act where Elton John walks into the group-therapy meeting, in that phoenix-with-horns costume and talks about his childhood. His mon, nan, and father, all come across as real characters, and when they all start to sing, that was peak moment for me.
As I never heard any songs of Elton, and know him because of his Grammy collaboration with Eminem on Stan, I am sure I would've missed on a lot as compared to Elton john-fanatics. But it's okay because I still enjoyed the movie.
Unfortunately, like few other musician biopics like 8 mile, Straight outta Compton, this one doesn't have re-watchabilty for me. Yes, as you can guess, I'm a hip-hop fan. But those who like this musical genre and are fan of Elton, they will surely watch this movie again and again.