Nearly snuffed out like A Candle In The Wind- This Phoenix Rose Again

Rating: 9/10 (25 May 2019)

Rocketman- My Review 9/10
This movie is a celebration of a talented life saved from the brink of death due to addiction.
It's a joyful romp tinged with drama and sadness and much more like a musical which and I predict it will eventually become a Stage musical.
The musical numbers and fantasy are choreographed beautifully and it's no coincidence that Sir Elton John as Executive Producer and creator of the musical Billy Elliott has assembled a superb cast including the original star of the 2000 film of Billy Elliott Jamie Bell who is outstanding as Elton's music partner Bernie Taupin.
Taren Edgerton, is superb as Elton John and unlike Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody sings all Elton's great hits himself.
Director Dexter Fletcher knows how to make a biography interesting and entertaining without seeming like a documentary.
Dexter Fletcher was bought into finish the troubled Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018 after Bryan Singer was fired.
Rocketman is a very different style to Bohemian Rhapsody which had a more documentary feel at times .
The movie ðŸŽ¥ definitely reminded me of two musicals The Boy from Oz and Billy Elliott,especially the childhood scenes and Matthew Illesley as young Elton is very impressive as is Gemma Jones as Ivy ,Elton's grandmother ,who I'm sure the Grandmother in Billy Elliott is based on ,she has "baggage."
The entire cast are impressive,especially Richard Madden who plays Elton's manager / opportunist lover in the dark days of Elton's decline from Addiction.
Lee Hall the scriptwriter, who's previous film scripts include Billy Elliott, Victoria and Abdul and War Horse has managed to portray the great emotion and sadness of Elton's life then contrasts this with the exhilarating climb to stardom in Elton's early career which later turns to betrayal,despair and loneliness when his life is nearly snuffed out by addiction "Like a Candle in the Wind.
We know the ending because Elton John is still very much alive and preparing for his retirement world tour .
He has a happy marriage to partner David Furnish and two children Zachary and Elijah.
Nothing like a happy ending ,especially when his mother says in the movie after Elton tells her he is gay that she doesn't care but he'll spend his life never being loved and lonely.