Review of Rocketman (2019) by Moviemitch96 — 01 Jun 2019

Interestingly enough, this film was directed by a guy named Dexter Fletcher (who stepped in to finish directing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' after director Bryan Singer was fired from that film), so I was interested to see how this film would compare and contrast to the style of that film.

But overall, I must say that it's a fun biopic of Elton John, albeit a pretty standard and predictable one that does mirror the style of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' a little too much for my liking at times. It also felt constructed more like a Broadway Mlmusical often times, as characters would suddenly break into song and dance throughout much of the film, so it made me feel as though Elton John's life maybe would've been more interesting and compellingly told through a stage or Broadway musical rather than just another film biopic.

Nevertheless, Taron Egerton was absolutely perfect as Elton (and if you ask me, he even gives Rami Malek's Oscar-winning performance from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' a run for its money!) He not only looked quite a bit like him, but had such great emotional, musical, and singing chops from start to finish! He's by far the main reason to check this out, otherwise it's pretty much what you'd expect from a musical biopic, but is still fun and charming enough.