Too much on the sad and bad

Rating: 5/10 (17 October 2019)

The focus of this story had too much emphasis on the drugs and his breakdown. Since Elton himself was behind this don't understand why he didn't go on to show his sober days - The Lion King and friendship with Princess Diana and his happy marriage. The early part with his budding musical talent was actually quite good. Quite a lot of anger towards his parents here. Another grating thing is the sometimes Bollywood style musical numbers.
Taron is a good actor - quite intense. Few actors actually look like Elton but if they made him fatter it would have helped.
The Freddy Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was a better movie.