A lot better than I expected

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2019)

Reg Dwight combats some childhood issues and destructive addictions on his way to stardom and beyond.
Taron Egerton makes a good pass at Elton Hercules John in this fanciful (and, perhaps, rather selective) trawl through Elt's history.
I'll come clean - I'm not an Elton John fan, although I'm au fait with his best-known material and much of his public history. But I don't like his vocal mannerisms, and I don't much care for the public personae he has displayed over the years. But, hey, this is a movie and, even when it's supposed to be fact, it's fiction.
And it's good. It tells its story well, the performances are all good (dear heavens, that was Bryce Dallas Howard? I thought I recognised her, but blimey!), and the musical sequences are well-chosen and well-realised.
Was I emotional. Well, no. At least, not until the reaffirmation of a singularly important relationship towards the end of the movie. Yes, that got me.
All we need now is The George Michael Story and we'll have a boxset!