Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
This is a bona fide crowd-pleaser. I know this because the capacity audience with whom I saw this movie applauded at the end of it. But, with a near shot-for-shot remake of Queen's 1985 Live Aid performance -- handled beautifully -- it would've been pretty stingy not to applaud.
Rami Malek acquits himself admirably in the challenging role of Mercury. The casting was pretty solid all around, actually. And, while the movie was enjoyable, the obvious story tweaks aggravated more than they added. Making Mercury the only "wild child" of the group while the rest are portrayed as "to bed early" family men was ridiculous, as was the jam-packed concert day in which he visited his family to make sure they're proud of him AND tracked down a missed-connection hottie on his way to the stadium.
Even with its problems, it'd be pretty hard not to have a good time watching this.
B+
Rami Malek acquits himself admirably in the challenging role of Mercury. The casting was pretty solid all around, actually. And, while the movie was enjoyable, the obvious story tweaks aggravated more than they added. Making Mercury the only "wild child" of the group while the rest are portrayed as "to bed early" family men was ridiculous, as was the jam-packed concert day in which he visited his family to make sure they're proud of him AND tracked down a missed-connection hottie on his way to the stadium.
Even with its problems, it'd be pretty hard not to have a good time watching this.
B+
Labels: 2018, Bplus, Drama, Oscar Winner
posted by MeMe | 4:02 PM
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