Fantasy musical magic

Rating: 8/10 (21 June 2019)

The marketing for this film was a tad misleading. Rocketman is much more of a musical with fantasy elements than a standard rock biopic. This was a bit jarring at first, with some sequences being a bit cheesy, however, you do get used to it as it goes along. Taron Egerton is fantastic and captures much of Elton John's presence. Plus he actually sings all of his songs, unlike Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody. He is more than deserving of an Oscar nomination. I especially enjoyed the focus on Elton himself, as opposed to just his music. You really get a sense of his struggles and difficulties. Rocketman still has a lot of typical music biopic notes, but it's creative and vibrant enough to emerge as a hit.