FILM: Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
STARS: Rami Malik, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Allen Leech, Lucy Boynton
WHERE: AMC Esquire Theater (St. Louis, MO)
PREMISE: A biopic about Freddie Mercury from just before the band Queen formed through the Live AID concert.
HE SAID: Good movie. Enjoyable. SCORE: 7 (on a scale of 1 to 10)
SHE SAID: Didn’t have a lot of expectations going in, and I ended up loving it. Some research after seeing the film says some events are out of order to help the dramatic arch of the film in order to get these major life points into the time period the film was covering, but for the most part they did happen if for different reasons in some cases then were presented in the film. Rami Malik was wonderful as Freddie. He was obviously dedicating to recreating Mercury’s mannerism and stage personas as accurately as possible. Gwilym Lee is great as Brian May and Tom Hollander as Jim Beach is good if underutilized. Otherwise the performances were alright but unexceptional. I know there have been some who didn’t agree with some of the portrayal because it doesn’t fit with how they see Mercury. From what I can tell, the portrayal fits into how Mercury wanted to be seen. He was who he was period. He wanted to avoid being labeled as anything or used for anyone else’s agenda. SCORE: 7.5 (on a scale of 1 to 10.)
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