Do you like Musicals & Broadway or biographical Movies? Your preference dictates your rating

Rating: 6/10 (1 June 2019)

We went not knowing anything about how this movie was written or what style. Coming off a 'high' from Bohemian Rhapsody we were expecting more of a biographical drama with a ton of great music. Instead we experienced a cross between "Mama Mia" and a shallow biography. While they show Elton's demons, I wish it was more of a historical biographical movie. This is built for broadway without doubt. It is a broadway styled movie in the flamboyant flavor of Elton.
Don't get me wrong, if you like that kind of "Grease" style musical movie, you will rate this a 8+. If you don't, you will be around 6. It was very well acted and the music was great, although I also would have liked to have seen the actor try to stay true to Elton's style a little closer. Like Malek did for Freddie - that was a 10/10 in my opinion.
It will boil down to your taste. But the movie was a good one, and we sang a little and the toes were tapping a lot. Great music, a little slanted on making Elton a bruised hero, but that's what entertainment is all about. The Show. And they put on a good show. It was very clever the way they wrote the songs into the script, almost operatic. Although the chronological order of songs is not true to history nor the true meanings of most fo the songs, but very theatrical.
One last thing, I would have loved to see a full blown live stage performance of Rocketman as the finale. The way they played out that song was not as big as it should have been.