There’s a scene in Bohemian Rhapsody, the new biopic of late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, where Freddie and the band explain how they don’t want their music to be formulaic or conventional. Well, their music certainly wasn’t but the movie made about them -- which Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor consulted on -- is formulaic and conventional, embracing every trope of the rock star movie/showbiz biopic. That’s not to say it isn’t entertaining; it’s often very fun, but so is singing Queen songs at karaoke. The movie rocks past the finish line on the power of sheer personality, the charisma of Rami Malek’s energetic performance as Freddie Mercury, and the coolness of Queen’s music rather than thanks to anything especially novel about the film itself.
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