A fabulous musical - just enjoy it for what it is

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2019)

This is what a musical should be (I'm looking at you, La La Land)! A loose retelling of his life and people in it, hugely entertaining with big choreographed dance sequences. Don't care that it didn't stick to timelines (cos it's a film) or exact interactions (cos it's a film) because it's well-acted, well sung, the sex and drugs have been depicted far more gratuitously in tv shows like GoT and BBad so nothing at all shocking. Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, and other leads have great singing voices, while the child actors who play Elton at different ages look spookily similar. This is a jukebox musical and is miles better than Bohemian Rhapsody in comparison.
For those who have an interest in the more technical side of this soundtrack, please check out Switched on Pop's podcast episode from June of this year, it'll make you appreciate the music director's (son of 5th Beatle) work.