A totally committed and quite brilliant performance full of confidence, swagger, flair, subtlety and nuance, not to mention a great singing voice, treating John with respect without impersonating him.
However, 'Rocketman' has so many things working in its favour and more so than the bad. the parents' cold behaviour towards Reggie not being explained). While John and Bernie Taupin are well rounded and fully realised characters, the other characters, despite being well acted by particularly Bryce Dallas Howard, felt like underdeveloped caricatures (i.e. For my liking, the last twenty minutes or so are executed too tidily. As well as being worthy of a lot of admiration in its own right. Even if accuracy and the chronology can be called into question, it still makes John and his personal life, detailing his childhood, early career and how it came to be and the troubled period of his career, quite fascinating. As far as films released in 2019 goes, 'Rocketman' is to me in the better half. 'Rocketman' was not a perfect film, but on the most part it was thoroughly enjoyable and at its best dazzlingly executed when seeing it in the cinema earlier this year.
He is/was also a quite interesting man, both stage persona and personal life, and the period that is primarily focused on is a very compelling one and worthy of being told on film. "Your Song", "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", "I'm Still Standing" and pretty much all the songs in 'The Lion King' are especially great, one of the few exceptions being "Crocodile Rock". Although classical music and opera is more my cup of tea/forte, that has never stopped me from having always admired Elton John and loving most of his songs.
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