Fabulous film

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2019)

It is going to get inevitable comparisons to bohemian rhapsody, but it is a different sort of film, I loved the queen film and remi malek was superb, still think there were more oscar worthy performances though, this film is more of a musical, with fantasy dance sequences and using the music of Elton John cleverly to tell the story of his youth and start and rise in the music industry, even though it is a musical there is less whitewashing of the darker parts than bohemian rhapsody, which I felt was a bit wishy washy, this shows a lot of the flaws in Elton John, a few people who are portrayed in the film will no doubt not be very happy with the way they are portrayed, especially John Reid, played well by Richard madden, Jamie bell is great as Bernie and well, but taron egerton is amazing as in the starring role, if remi won an oscar than he deserves one even more so