Average at best

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2019)

I thought 'Rocketman' was average at best. It seemed as though the filmmakers tried too hard to break the biopic mold by having people break out in song and dance every time they were in danger of committing the 'biopic cliche crime'. It was too distracting for me. The song/dance breaks felt like an excuse rather than a natural extension of the scene. To me, 'La La Land' is the perfect mold for how a musical should be done. The singing and dancing was used sparingly and only when the scene absolutely demanded it. Anyway, I personally felt that 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was a better film. It's too bad filmmakers are so beholden to the pompous critics. In bending over backwards to appease the critics, they only suck the joy out of film.