A Star Is Born is niet het enige muzikale drama dit najaar. In november komt namelijk Bohemian Rhapsody uit, een biografische film over de Britse rockband Queen. De film werd officieel geregisseerd door Bryan Singer en officieus afgewerkt door Dexter Fletcher. Hij heeft met de Elton John-biopic Rocketman nog een muziekfilm op de planning staan.

Bohemian Rhapsody werd in tegenstelling tot A Star Is Born niet met open armen ontvangen door de critici. Rami Maleks vertolking van Queen-frontman Freddie Mercury wordt wel alom geprezen. Een greep uit de eerste reacties:

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is a glorified Wikipedia entry but Rami Malek plays Freddie Mercury (and wears his wonderful costumes) with incredible gusto

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) October 7, 2018

Watching BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY reminded me of the time I subjected a karaoke bar to Queen's "Who Wants To Live Forever" (because HIGHLANDER, obvi) and, well, sometimes you've got to read a room pic.twitter.com/k6VaFylvm9

— jen yamato (@jenyamato) October 7, 2018

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Bohemian Rhapsody is a straight-on biopic with plenty of Queen music and a strong performance by Rami Malek. It will get mixed reviews. It might play with audiences.

— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) October 7, 2018

Post-screening Q&A for Bohemian Rhapsody. Rami is fantastic, and very passionate about telling Freddie’s story. pic.twitter.com/O9f6Mp6y1u

— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) October 7, 2018

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: That Live Aid performance gave me chills. The rest of the movie…

— erickohn (@erickohn) October 8, 2018

My biggest takeaway from BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is how much the rest of Queen resents Freddie Mercury. But Rami Malek is outstanding. Also, the fact Mike Myers is in this movie is genius and insane.

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) October 8, 2018

How do you turn an ok movie into a good one? Five words: Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. #BohemianRhapsody

— Mara Reinstein (@MaraReinstein) October 8, 2018

HOLY HELL!! #BohemianRhapsody is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! A rousing emotional cinematic champion that will rock you! #RamiMalek is magnificent! It’s great FUN & it will ROCK YOU!! #AStarIsBorn, you’ve been served!! #Queen #FreddieMercury #Galileo pic.twitter.com/grykKkGjoE

— Scott Mantz 🖖 (@MovieMantz) October 7, 2018

Absolutely beyond blown away by #BohemianRhapsody! Rami Malek is phenomenal. Gorgeous story, amazing concert movie…I don’t have enough words! pic.twitter.com/2lFZCX2O6d

— Jenna Busch-Henderson (@JennaBusch) October 7, 2018

Bloody Hell! Absolutely did not expect @BoRhapMovie to be a thousand degrees of fantastic. Rami Malek has a kind of magic and one vision of a champion performance. Prepare to be rocked!!! #BohemianRhapsody pic.twitter.com/dzJ7UO6hYu

— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) October 7, 2018

Bron: EW