Pity party with great acting

Rating: 5/10 (19 April 2020)

The overall impression I got was that we're supposed to feel sorry for Elton John and understand that his early years entitle him to be a diva. Another takeaway is that Bernie Taupin deserves sainthood for putting up with him and still being a true friend despite all the B.S.
I thought the acting was fantastic. Taron Egerton and Jamie Bell were superb. The movie itself (aside from it being biographical) was pretty good but I hated the fantasy musical numbers. Actually, I fast-forwarded through them because they were so painfully cheesy and added nothing to the story. It seemed as though they were perhaps required to squeeze in certain songs and didn't know how else to fit them in.
I think I would've enjoyed the movie more if I never heard of Elton John, they skipped the therapy session parts and fantasy sequences, and just told the story linearly rather than as flashbacks.
Got 2 hours to kill? Watch it. But keep your remote close with your finger on the FF button.