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Writers:
Anthony McCarten (story by), Peter Morgan (story by) | 1 more credit »
Stars:
Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee | See full cast & crew »
What top critics say:
DF-11915_R2 – L-R: Gwilym Lee (Brian May), Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury), and Joe Mazzello (John Deacon) star in Twentieth Century Fox’s BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. Photo Credit: Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox.
Chicago Sun-Times
The only redeeming value of Bohemian Rhapsody is it’s so bad, there’s plenty of room left for a much better biopic about the one and only Freddie Mercury. Read more
NPR
As for Freddie Mercury, is this his real life? Is this just fantasy – not sure that really matters either. When Malek’s strutting like a peacock, this movie is a decently amusing escape from reality. Read more
New Yorker
Malek does an impressive job of re-creating Mercury’s moves onstage, but the core of the performance is Malek’s intensely thoughtful, insight-rich channelling of Mercury’s hurt, his alienation and isolation even at the height of his fame. Read more