Review of Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) by Adambeam — 12 Feb 2019
Bohemian Rhapsody is the bare minimum for a movie of this genre, instead of being a dramatic retelling of one of the greatest bands of all time, it instead plays it way too safe and instead becomes the cliffnotes version of some of Queen's greatest hits.
Bohemian Rhapsody plays it like the classic rise to fame but with consequence story,and it's at time hilarious how they hollowoddize things in this movie. The only thing that helps the film is the performance of Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, the performance is genuinely amazing, and the only Oscar this film truly deserves.
He perfectly encompasses Mercury's presence on stage, but also his quiet and awkward demeanor off stage. The rest of the movie however is an overall mess, relying only on the love of Queen's music and Malek's performance, so if you like Queen's music and don't care for a proper retelling of their story than this is the movie for you.
For me it was just kind of an average movie, with one stand out element.
This review of Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) was written by Adambeam on 12 February 2019.
Bohemian Rhapsody has generally received positive reviews.
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