Academy Awards, USA 2019
| Winner Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Rami Malek |
| Best Achievement in Film Editing John Ottman | |
| Best Achievement in Sound Editing John Warhurst Nina Hartstone | |
| Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Paul Massey Tim Cavagin John Casali | |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year Graham King |
Twentieth Century Fox
Directed by Bryan Singer
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Fox)
A mostly factual account of the band Queen, focusing mainly on its lead singer Freddie Mercury. From their early days as a club band formed from the ashes of Smile, to their final show at Wembley Stadium for Live Aid. All of the cliches are checked, both for a rock band and for a Hollywood biopic. Rami Malek does an excellent impersonation, as do the other actors standing in for the band members. The Live Aid concert is impressively reproduced using CGI. Still, the whole thing seems somehow lifeless, with no real plot, just a series of scenes, and we all know how it is going to end.
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