Obviously, to be compared with the other recent singer/musician biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. But this is another entity. Rocketman, as opposed to Bohemian, is a musical, and characters breaking into song and dance in the middle of a serious conversation, drains the dramatic pull of Elton John’s life story - already much less colorful than Freddy Mercury's (hello? Elton is still alive). The movie does create transcendental moments of musical glory befitting the songs being sung, but even those aren't as awe-inspiring as Bohemian's rare but mentionable ones. Career-defining act by Taron Egerton.
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