Bohemian Rhapsody movie REVIEWS: Will Rami Malek’s Freddie Mercury rock you?

He died 27 years ago and now the Queen singer is being celebrated in a brand new biopic.

Bohemian Rhapsody follows the rock band’s formation to their iconic Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985.

The film premiered last night at Wembley Arena and now the first reviews are in.

So far Bohemian Rhapsody has 54% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes suggesting a mixture of reactions. Here’s a selection of them.

Empire
Like Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody is three parts good but not terribly exciting, and one part absolute joyful, fabulous entertainment that makes you forget everything else around it.

Daily Telegraph
The final hurrah for Mercury’s genius, this huge, hubristic spectacle lets you grant his troubled film a pass: at least it keeps on fighting to the end.

Daily Mirror
This will rock you

The Sun
I enjoyed it, but this isn’t much real life, it’s more fantasy.

Variety
With a performance as commanding as Rami Malek’s at its centre, why isn’t Bohemian Rhapsody a better movie?

Time Out
The energy of Malek’s imitation helps to bind what amounts to a series of gossipy but harmless rock-world anecdotes into something vaguely coherent.

USA Today
Bohemian Rhapsody the song is a sonic masterpiece and Bohemian Rhapsody the movie is just a conventional rock flick, one all too ordinary for a man and a band that exemplified the extraordinary.

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New York Post
What we ultimately wanted from Bohemian Rhapsody was not carbon-copied concerts, but behind-closed-doors insight into a deeply private, complicated, internationally beloved superstar.

Hollywood Reporter
Someday another feature about Queen might go deeper.

Bohemian Rhapsody is released in UK cinemas today.