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User Reviews for: Bohemian Rhapsody

Jordyep
CONTAINS SPOILERS5/10  6 years ago
Not the film Queen deserves.
If you make a movie about one of the most unconventional bands of all time, you better make sure that the movie is just as unconventional, and not a victim of predictable cliches.
Unfortunately, the latter is completely the case here (just a few examples (small spoilers): the record deal guy liking a crappy song, being ignorant towards a masterpiece; the band falling apart for a while; the love interest everyone dislikes, except the one who's blinded by love; the one parent who's unsupportive of a singing career, etcetera).
They really should've focussed more on the interesting stuff (we know there's plenty), and also pay more attention to the character development in the process.
You still don't know anything about Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon by the end, and to be fair, you don't know nearly enough about Freddie either (e.g. what drives/motivates him? why does he make certain choices in his life?).
But...but... the music is so good!
Yeah, I agree, but that's not so hard to get right, is it? I could just turn on one of Queen's records instead, would save me the trouble of going through this movie again.

Nevertheless, it is quite fun to see how some of the songs were created, and some of the trouble the band went through in order to create them.
Also, Rami Malek is excellent (and particularly good at lip syncing), and there's some decent banter between the cast.
However, those positives aren't nearly enough to grant a recommendation from me.

4.5/10
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