Great acting.. Excellen soundtrack.. Interesting movie!

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2019)

Don't go into this movie expecting a biography style flick... but expect something closer to a musical or even a rock opera like "Tommy".
First, Edgerton's acting and singing were top notch!! This movie used music to transition time and place, and had a lot of fantasy aspect to it. It IS the story of Elton John's life and climb to fame, but not painted as a pretty picture in any way. It doesn't gloss over his lifestyle and actually contains some pretty explicit scenes related to this lifestyle, but it's part of the realism of his life. It's interesting the dynamic of the movie and what is based on reality, yet with scenes filmed that were "fantasy".
The updated versions of Elton's excellent songs remade by Edgerton were in no way disappointing. In fact, as a former radio announcer (playing these songs hundreds of times on the air), Edgerton really REALLY did the songs justice! Just a phenomenal job covering Elton's songs, but with a really nice twist to these "altered covers".
There movie was really well done and they did an awesome job recreating the 70's in set and design. Visually, it's stunning work.. and in most other ways, you'll get lost in the movie (which shows the film makers and production crew really paid attention to detail and did a great job all together).
I think fans of Elton John will love this movie (and will certainly feel for him and what he went through).. I gave it a 7. Great job to Taron Egerton on the acting AND singing!!