Sex, drugs, rock, roll, uncaring parents, callous lovers

Rating: 6/10 (8 November 2019)

Sex, drugs, rock, roll, uncaring parents, callous lovers... for all the potency of the material, this Elton John portrait never quite scales the heights of Taron Egerton/ Dexter Fletcher's previous bespectacled biopic, Eddie The Eagle. Nonetheless, it's easy on the ear and blistering on the eye, whether it's the outre outfits (which naturally bag their own featurette) or the multiple musical set-pieces, flights (or, if you will, floats) of fancy that don't go breaking the narrative flow. With its select-song and sing-along options, the Blu-ray's ready-made for karaoke.