A musical reverie that works!

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2019)

Not your traditional paint-by-numbers biopic, but instead Rocketman is a beautiful flight of the imagination that hits at the emotional heart of its subject in all its vagaries, and is both affecting and insightful. I loved every minute of the reverie. All of the actors do top-quality work (god I love Jamie Bell -- catch him in Nicholas Nickleby sometime) so you feel the episodes onscreen as opposed to just observing them.
If you've never heard of Elton John or if you hate musicals where people burst into song, stay home. Everyone else, GO!