Actors: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton,
Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Mike
Myers.
Rating: 9 out of 10, This was a lot of
fun as Remi Malek continues his impressive start to a career. He totally nails
the complicated and, at the time, controversial lead singer of Queen, Freddy
Mercury. The film follows the formation of Queen and Mercury’s ups and downs
over the ensuing years. I’d forgotten just how many iconic songs Queen was
responsible for and I found myself transported back to the many memories of my
youth the songs evoked. Mercury thrived during the time before all of a celebrity’s
life was considered public domain or maybe he was one of the first victims of
the information age’s intrusive ubiquity. While the film does descend into some
tepid melodrama the music and Malek transport it to another level. In the
immortal words of Conner Macleod and Queen – “Who Wants to Live Forever!”
MVP: Malek further distinguishing
himself channeling Freddy Merc
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