Bohemian Rhapsody

PG-13

10/30/20182h 15m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Fearless lives forever. ~

Overview:

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Director:

Bryan Singer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$52,000,000.00

Revenue:

$910,813,521.00

Key words:

london, england
aids
musician
1970s
biography
based on true story
singer
hiv
male homosexuality
fame
rock band
lgbt
1980s
gay theme

Cast

Rami Malek

~ as ~

Freddie Mercury

Gwilym Lee

~ as ~

Brian May

Ben Hardy

~ as ~

Roger Taylor

Joseph Mazzello

~ as ~

John Deacon

Lucy Boynton

~ as ~

Mary Austin

Aidan Gillen

~ as ~

John Reid

Allen Leech

~ as ~

Paul Prenter

Tom Hollander

~ as ~

Jim Beach

Mike Myers

~ as ~

Ray Foster

Aaron McCusker

~ as ~

Jim Hutton

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Reviews (8)

Gimly
Written 6 year(s) ago
4
If Bohemian Rhapsody is so great, why was the best part of it Tom Hollander saying a single word? Don't get me wrong, Rami Malek deserves props for the role, that much is true (less perhaps than he's been getting, but still, props). But beyond that, Bohemian Rhapsody is bland, choppy, arguably even offensive. There might be some value in one of those sing-along type deals if you can get enough Queen fans together for one, but I'll never know, because I have no interest in re-watching this.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Gimly
Written 6 year(s) ago
4
If Bohemian Rhapsody is so great, why was the best part of it Tom Hollander saying a single word? Don't get me wrong, Rami Malek deserves props for the role, that much is true (less perhaps than he's been getting, but still, props). But beyond that, Bohemian Rhapsody is bland, choppy, arguably even offensive. There might be some value in one of those sing-along type deals if you can get enough Queen fans together for one, but I'll never know, because I have no interest in re-watching this.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
RK
Richard Kirk
Written 6 year(s) ago
10
Bohemian Rhapsody is not a biography of Freddie Mercury, nor a biopic of Queen. It's a story based on a selection of key events occurring between the formation of the band and their appearance at Live Aid. As a Queen fan I found this film utterly engrossing and enjoyable. The acting brilliantly invokes the characters in the band and the music provides a thumping rhythm to carry the story along. Queen aficionados may be affronted by the out of sequence music performances and the highly selective approach to the story telling but if you can see past that, you'll enjoy a storming film with a spine-tingling conclusion as the Live Aid performance is brilliantly recreated.
M
Martha
Written 3 year(s) ago
8
Rami was beyond superb at bringing the light that was Freddie to life again. I almost couldn't tell the difference. It was so well done. Perfection. I wish all real life bio-pics could be as heartwarming, heartbreaking, and fun as this. We miss and love you Freddie.
GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
1
I was scared to see this, mainly because most Biopics paint people in an absolutely horrible light and Queen was one of my favorite bands and Freddie one of my favorite rock vocalists. I was ready to rant and rave if it turned out to be a smear campaign of one of my rock heroes.

Fortunately it wasn't, it was actually a fair treatment of all of them. And, in fact, it was really generous towards May, but then he wasn't the focus of the film.

And the cast actually looked like Queen. So that is a plus. Everyone did a great job and props have to go out to Rami Malek, he would have been great if they gave him actual dialogue.

So why the single star? Honestly, it's because of the trailer. As in, if you saw the trailer you pretty much have already seen the movie. Not just the highlights, but the entire movie.

Queen was an epic band. Bohemian Rhapsody was an epic song. But Bohemian Rhapsody the movie has absolutely no meat on it.

You walk in with high hopes, and the cast is great, but the movie as a whole is a let down. It ends at Live Aid (as it probably should) but even then it doesn't seem anywhere near as epic a finale as it should have been for such a memorable and lauded performance.

Ultimately, there should have been more to it.

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