Bohemian Rhapsody
(2018)



This biopic is for Queen fans only (I belong to that group) as beyond Rami Malek everyone and everything else (excepting the songs of course) are just interesting backdrops. Ironic, as throughout the film the term family was used almost as much as in a Fast and Furious movie. Full disclosure I did get a bit misty towards the end of the movie in a non-musical moment at Freddie Mercury's family home. No minds blown by this film, except why Mike Myers...why?  Yes this film could have been better and perhaps with Sasha Baron Cohen in the title role along with another director much darker.However, all the way home I listed to Queen, and truth be told I would see this movie again.

Even though I walked into the movie theater knowing that Freddie Mercury died all those years ago, it was still hard watching events unfold. There was no death bed scene and several upbeat songs so I was a sodden mess exciting the theater.

This is an ordinary bio pic, with a couple of impressive video touches, but if you don't like Queen going in, then you probably will not like Queen when exiting the theater.

My expectations were low going into to see this film. As a fan of Queen I wanted the music and the band. I did not expect to see the best bio-pic of the decade. I did like Rami Malek in this part, everyone else was more background than fully developed characters. However I wonder what this movie would have been like, with a different director and Sacha Baron Cohen in the lead.