Bohemian Rhapsody
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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.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were largely cold on the film as a biopic, finding it chronologically dishonest, dramatically shallow, and evasive about Mercury's sexuality and private life — yet audiences embraced it enthusiastically, creating one of the sharpest critic-versus-crowd divides in recent awards history. Almost everyone, friend or foe, found Rami Malek's physical transformation into Mercury the film's undeniable center, though even that drew the occasional dissent.
“Rami Malek does a commanding job of channeling Freddie Mercury's flamboyant rock-god bravura, but Bryan Singer's middle-of-the-road Queen biopic rarely lives up to the authenticity of its lead performance.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“In strict filmmaking terms, Bohemian Rhapsody is a bit of a mess. Some of its scenes connect awkwardly, and it hits every beat of disaster and triumphs squarely, like a gong. Yet if it has many of the problems we associate with 'bad' movies, it has more ragged energy than so many good ones, largely because of Rami Malek's performance as Mercury, all glitter and muscle and nerve endings.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“Queen's music may have been unclassifiable, but their movie is as trite and textbook as it gets.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“In struggling to make a salable PG-13 movie out of an R-rated rock life, Bohemian Rhapsody leaves you feeling that something essential and elemental is missing”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“It's a surface-level performance — physically galvanizing, but with no substance.”
Johnny Oleksinski·New York Post
Accolades
Genres
Biography, Drama, Music
Cast & Crew
Bryan SingerDirector
Rami MalekFreddie Mercury
Gwilym LeeBrian May
Ben HardyRoger Taylor
Joseph MazzelloJohn Deacon
Lucy BoyntonMary Austin
Aidan GillenJohn Reid
Allen LeechPaul Prenter
Tom HollanderJim Beach
Mike MyersRay Foster
Aaron McCuskerJim Hutton
Meneka DasJer Bulsara
Ace BhattiBomi Bulsara
Anthony McCartenWriter
Peter MorganWriter
Newton Thomas SigelCinematographyBohemian Rhapsody
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.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were largely cold on the film as a biopic, finding it chronologically dishonest, dramatically shallow, and evasive about Mercury's sexuality and private life — yet audiences embraced it enthusiastically, creating one of the sharpest critic-versus-crowd divides in recent awards history. Almost everyone, friend or foe, found Rami Malek's physical transformation into Mercury the film's undeniable center, though even that drew the occasional dissent.
“Rami Malek does a commanding job of channeling Freddie Mercury's flamboyant rock-god bravura, but Bryan Singer's middle-of-the-road Queen biopic rarely lives up to the authenticity of its lead performance.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“In strict filmmaking terms, Bohemian Rhapsody is a bit of a mess. Some of its scenes connect awkwardly, and it hits every beat of disaster and triumphs squarely, like a gong. Yet if it has many of the problems we associate with 'bad' movies, it has more ragged energy than so many good ones, largely because of Rami Malek's performance as Mercury, all glitter and muscle and nerve endings.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“Queen's music may have been unclassifiable, but their movie is as trite and textbook as it gets.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“In struggling to make a salable PG-13 movie out of an R-rated rock life, Bohemian Rhapsody leaves you feeling that something essential and elemental is missing”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“It's a surface-level performance — physically galvanizing, but with no substance.”
Johnny Oleksinski·New York Post
Accolades
Genres
Biography, Drama, Music
Cast & Crew
Bryan SingerDirectorRami MalekFreddie MercuryGwilym LeeBrian MayBen HardyRoger TaylorJoseph MazzelloJohn DeaconLucy BoyntonMary AustinAidan GillenJohn ReidAllen LeechPaul PrenterTom HollanderJim BeachMike MyersRay FosterAaron McCuskerJim HuttonMeneka DasJer BulsaraAce BhattiBomi BulsaraAnthony McCartenWriterPeter MorganWriterNewton Thomas SigelCinematographyRent & Buy