Review of Rocketman (2019) by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly — 23 May 2019
Egerton’s whole-body commitment captures not just Elton’s outrageous physicality — in costume designer Julian Day’s hands, he’s essentially a one-man Mardi Gras — but his enduring sadness and insecurity (and the self-sabotaging behavior it was too often funneled through) without tipping into showbiz-tragedy cliché.
He’s the starry-eyed cosmonaut the part demands, but merely, endearingly mortal too.
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This review of Rocketman (2019) was written by Leah Greenblatt and published by Entertainment Weekly on 23 May 2019.
Rocketman has generally received very positive reviews.
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