enjoyably chaotic mess

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 2019)

"Rocketman is a perfect match for Elton's John history and sets a pattern for the movie, wherein the songs are delivered not by Elton John but by the actors, with varying degrees of success. Reggie, his mother (Bryce Dallas Howard), his grandmother (Gemma Jones), and even his father (Steven Mackintosh), as stiff as a brush, all contribute to "I Want Love," for instance, as they wander around the house. Rocketman manages to avoid the deathly dullness of some of its recent predecessors by adopting the style of a Broadway jukebox musical. The songs of Elton John (played by Taron Egerton in the film) serve as a soundtrack for the life of Reggie Dwight, a piano prodigy who chances into a lifetime collaboration with lyricist Bernie Taupin (Jamie Bell) and becomes the worldwide sunglass-wearing sensation we all know and love today. Overall t seems like the formula works.