Bohemian Rhapsody
Directed by Bryan Singer
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess. From TMDB
216 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 17, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 21 | 24 | 127 |
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| TMDB reviews * | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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Some viewers praise the film for its captivating portrayal of Queen and Freddie Mercury. [1][2][3] Others criticize it for being bland, choppy, and historically inaccurate. [4][5] A few reviewers highlight Rami Malek's performance as a standout element. [3][6]
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If Bohemian Rhapsody is so great, why was the best part of it Tom Hollander saying a single word? Don't get me wrong, Rami Malek deserves props for the role, that much is true (less perhaps than he's been getting, but still, props). But beyond that, Bohemian Rhapsody is bland, choppy, arguably even offensive. There might be some value in one of those sing-along type deals if you can get enough Queen fans together …
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If Bohemian Rhapsody is so great, why was the best part of it Tom Hollander saying a single word? Don't get me wrong, Rami Malek deserves props for the role, that much is true (less perhaps than he's been getting, but still, props). But beyond that, Bohemian Rhapsody is bland, choppy, arguably even offensive. There might be some value in one of those sing-along type deals if you can get enough Queen fans together …
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A good film about one of the great rock bands of the 20th century. This is one of those films that was made with the fans of a personality in mind, more than the rest of the public. This, however, is not exactly a problem in my eyes, it is rather a characteristic of this film, common to other biographical films that are centered on very popular figures such as sportsmen, musicians or others. Directed by Bryan …
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Bohemian Rhapsody is not a biography of Freddie Mercury, nor a biopic of Queen. It's a story based on a selection of key events occurring between the formation of the band and their appearance at Live Aid. As a Queen fan I found this film utterly engrossing and enjoyable. The acting brilliantly invokes the characters in the band and the music provides a thumping rhythm to carry the story along. Queen aficionados may …
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Rami was beyond superb at bringing the light that was Freddie to life again. I almost couldn't tell the difference. It was so well done. Perfection. I wish all real life bio-pics could be as heartwarming, heartbreaking, and fun as this. We miss and love you Freddie.
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Bohemian Rhapsody grossed $216.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $694.4 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $911.1 million, against a production budget of about $52 million. On 11 November, it surpassed Straight Outta Compton ($201.6 million) to become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time (it was surpassed by Michael in 2026). Bohemian Rhapsody went on to set box office records for the highest-grossing biographical film until Oppenheimer (2023), and the highest-grossing LGBT film. It also set the record for the highest-grossing conventional drama film (it was surpassed by Joker in 2019). It is Fox's fourth highest-grossing film, and their…
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60 of 216 · most liked firstWhen Wayne’s World came out in 1992, Bohemian Rhapsody was already considered a classic rock song as it was originally released 17 years prior to the movie. Remember when you saw that scene and laughed so hard in the theater, 33 years ago?
neutral · AI labelView post →As much as I like him, whenever Mike Myers shows up in a serious role it's always to add a semi-ironic gravitas to a film that does not fully earn it. Inglourious Basterds, Bohemian Rhapsody, Michael. It's like they are saying "we're so serious that we made Austin Powers act normal"
neutral · AI labelView post →GTA fun fact but if you zoom in on the dashboard in GTA IV you'll see a picture of Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World. The car is modeled after an AMC Pacer and called the "Rhapsody" in GTA because they sing Bohemian Rhapsody in the movie 🤓
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm on a plane and four of the five people around me are watching Bohemian Rhapsody at four different places in the movie. Four different Rami Maleks shaking around four different copies of that fucking 40 pound rats nest spirit halloween wig. I'm going to meet the air marshal soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →I hated Bohemian Rhapsody for multiple reasons (none of which are "that's not the right order of events!"), absolutely despise the film. It's still cool if it moved you coz Freddie Mercury was awesome.
negative · AI labelView post →Anyway, to conclude, I don't the story of Queen the band is all that fascinating because there weren't massive conflicts that make for an exciting film. It's no coincidence that the best parts of Bohemian Rhapsody are showing all the innovative stuff they did in the studio. That was cool.
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you think anyone was radicalized into believing the pedo elite conspiracies by Bohemian Rhapsody winning Best Film Editing because I still can’t explain it any other way than some sort of blackmail favor being called in.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the contradiction of Tankies and Queer identity.. ::: spoiler Thumbnail Thumbnail is from the Bohemian Rhapsody movie where multiple scenes depicting same sex relations were removed by the Chinese government ::: Their historic figures and modern anti-Western states they so vehemently defend all have abysmal, actively hostile records and attitudes regarding LGBTQ+ rights and representation, with prosecution and state-sanctioned execution. Their modern "anti-imperialist" states, which…
neutral · AI labelView post →Longing for that old-fashioned romance of my youth…just need someone to burn me a CD with some basically unlistenable prog-rock songs, 30-second audio clips from the movie Clerks they found on KaZaA, anime theme songs, and just the back half of Bohemian Rhapsody for some reason…
neutral · AI labelView post →Elton’s on the BBC so it’s a good time to remind you that Rocket Man, the film, shits all over Bohemian Rhapsody, the film. Good day x
negative · AI labelView post →I do not understand music biopics like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the new Michael Jackson movie: What is the point if you are just doing an impersonation? All of the original videos and music is still available. Why watch the same thing by someone who looks like an odd version of the real person?
negative · AI labelView post →haha, sorry, finally-FINALLY, the despicable Bohemian Rhapsody movie treats Hot Space as the band's nadir, and I think this is because the two band members who produced the film were the ones who hated that sound, while the ones who didn't (Freddie and John) had no say in the film's story
negative · AI labelView post →Bohemian Rhapsody is worst type of influential film. It not only made musician biopics stick to a already tired formula but it also made them bad. Like in general quality bad.
negative · AI labelView post →Does anyone want to talk about how terrible A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan movie is? It was worse than ‘Elvis’, maybe better than Rocket Man. So ridiculous! Bohemian Rhapsody got it right. Two thumbs all the way down. Ugh!
negative · AI labelView post →Just saw the final Mission: Impossible film. The pacing was atrocious. It had more editing than Bohemian Rhapsody. Every single scene was exposition. I loved it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Glad this is finally set in stone because for some categories, you can just freaking tell the voters didn’t watch the movie. You watch Bohemian Rhapsody, look me in the eye, and just TRY to tell me it deserved Best Editing.
neutral · AI labelView post →Back in 2021, much hyped Aretha Franklin biopic Respect didn't do the kind of business that Michael or Bohemian Rhapsody managed. That said, it's a smart example of the form, respectful and insightful, centred on great performance from Jennifer Hudson. 4 out of 5. film-authority.com/2026/07/01/r...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bohemian Rhapsody and then the Whitney Houston Movie on FX tonight 😍
neutral · AI labelView post →I spent 900 million dollars watching Bohemian Rhapsody in movie theaters.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished another guest spot on A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast talking about Behind the Candelabra and Bohemian Rhapsody🎙️. Excited to share it soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so excited for this! #NowWatching for the 1st time: 🎥 Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) 🎬 Directed By: Bryan Singer #Moviesky #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Bohemian Rhapsody was such a perfect movie for the Bryan Singer downfall. Like just a total fucking stinker, one that pissed a lot of people off, right in time for everyone to find out what he had done.
negative · AI labelView post →If you watch "Superman: The Movie" immediately after the "Bohemian Rhapsody" video, you can imagine it's the subsequent trial and General Zod was the one confessing to his mama that he just killed a man. #TOTP
neutral · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky 10/1: Someone who is HIV positive in a movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018) youtu.be/XgadSkH_JgM?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I think out of respect for the actor you should never "revive" an actor using AI. If you wish to hire an actor for a tribute movie like Rocket Man, Bohemian Rhapsody or Yesterday, then I think that's fine, but not AI.
neutral · AI labelView post →Eternally grateful to my mom who, when I asked (at age ~7) if QUEEN was a one-hit wonder (only having heard Bohemian Rhapsody in the movie Wayne's World) she said, "absolutely not!" and educated me. QUEEN's Greatest Hits was one of the first CDs I ever bought and it formed my taste in music. 👑💞
neutral · AI labelView post →Leste på Google spørsmålet "How accurate is Bohemian Rhapsody to real life?" ... eg gløymde at det var tittelen på ein film, eg trudde at spørsmålsstillaren oppriktig lurte på om Freddie Mercury hadde skutt ein mann i hovudet, fortalt mor si om det, og sett ein liten silhuett av ein fandangodansar
neutral · AI labelView post →I just need to prepare for the discourse on the MJ movie by saying you can like MJ’s music and story and impact on pop culture…and still not like the movie. That’s fine. I hated Bohemian Rhapsody, but I love Queen. I was mixed on A Complete Unknown but I love Dylan.
negative · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Strong week of films! Some for the Dutch Mountain Film Festival (not on Letterboxd, sadly). But these four gems were, and I’m glad they were. Sorry Baby (4 stars) The Conjuring: Last Rites (2,5 stars) Summer of 69 (3,5 stars) Bohemian Rhapsody (Rewatch, 3 stars)
neutral · AI labelView post →Brian May blowing everyone's mind playing on the set of the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. One of the most influential guitarists in Rock History.⚜️💙⚜️
neutral · AI labelView post →I would go if theatres invested in clean air/ventilation/masks. No movie is worth catching a deadly virus. the last movie I saw in theatre was Bohemian Rhapsody, Jan 2019.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve somehow never watched the film Bohemian Rhapsody (which is on C4 right now). What a travesty, still, I’m here now. It’s an absolute bloody joy.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching 20-year-olds “discover” The Odyssey “is a book” makes me feel the same way as watching them do “first listen reactions” to Bohemian Rhapsody on YouTube. Basically: I hope they enjoy the movie. People deserve to be happy. Also: Get off my lawn.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's still insane that Walk Hard killed the musical biopic genre dead for a decade, only for Bohemian Rhapsody to walk back in and be exactly the type of movie Walk Hard killed dead
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Kingsley Ben-Adir but that Bob Marley movie looks even more like Walk Hard played completely straight than Bohemian Rhapsody, which I wouldn’t have thought possible
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky Day 27: A song from a movie you saw at the cinema Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
neutral · AI labelView post →Put it next to godawful piffle like Bohemian Rhapsody and my god, it’s a real fucking film.
negative · AI labelView post →#NowWatching BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (2018). Director: Bryan Singer. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton. A surprise Oscar winner for Best Prosthetic Teeth in a Musical Biopic! Rewatch. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the god-awful Bohemian Rhapsody film with Da Lads™️ Tony: asleep and hiding his ears from it all Dillinja: meowing back angrily to "Mamma Mia! MAMA miA! Let me gooooo!"
negative · AI labelView post →The Bohemian Rhapsody that received two Grammys in 1977? That went gold* in 1976? That Bohemian Rhapsody? Propelled to fame by a movie from 1992? It may have had a little resurgence, but it was a stone cold classic decades before that movie. (I do love the movie). * now five times platinum
neutral · AI labelView post →It's funny how criticisms were centered around the business side of Michael's being skimmed over, because it's definitely a big part of the film. Reminds me how people criticized Bohemian Rhapsody for downplaying Freddie Mercury's gayness and sex life. Did we see the same movie? XD
neutral · AI labelView post →I guess my thing with the MICHAEL movie (and it's the same issue I had with BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY) is at a fundamental level I don't understand why I want to watch someone miming music videos and performances that already exist? Like, you know you can just watch Queen at Live Aid whenever you want?
neutral · AI labelView post →A Youtube advert has just promoted a movie about drug addled nonce Micheal Jackson to me that has been produced by the same people who did Bohemian Rhapsody.
neutral · AI labelView post →Which is a real bummer because BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is a very bad movie (ROCKET MAN is the far superior pre-COVID musical biopic directed at least in part by Dexter Fletcher, if we’re keeping it 💯)
negative · AI labelView post →2025 watch #715: Wayne's World (1992) Perfect in-flight movie, and a better Bohemian Rhapsody than Rami Malek.
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting question at least to me: NAME A MOVIE that you loved so much but so affected you emotionally that you CANNOT watch it again, FOR ME Bohemian Rhapsody. It killed me.
positive · AI labelView post →My mother: And what’s that movie? MAMAAA? Me: …Bambi? (It was Bohemian Rhapsody)
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to cheat here and say Bohemian Rhapsody (it was nominated but didn't win), but that film is a TURD, and shouldn't have been within a country mile of winning.
negative · AI labelView post →I watched the Monkey Movie (which hasn’t even managed to stay in the Paramount+ Top 10) and I propose we steal every Oscar Bohemian Rhapsody won and give it to the CGI Monkey. He deserves. youtu.be/o3HOYdlte8w?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I was riding in the car with my grandma and brother when "Bohemian Rhapsody" came on the radio. This was around the time of the Wayne's World movie. I sat in the parking lot of the North Grand KFC while they went in and picked up dinner so I could keep listening. I had never heard anything like it!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Are we all comfortable now with admitting Bohemian Rhapsody is a terrible film?
negative · AI labelView post →I cannot emphasize enough that Mike Myers appears in the film MICHAEL as a record exec, seemingly as an in-joke about him having played a (made-up) record exec in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, which itself was an entirely pointless in-joke about the fact that the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" was in WAYNE'S WORLD
neutral · AI labelView post →Made the mistake of drifting into watching "Bohemian Rhapsody", which I imagine is a whimper of a film even if you actually like Queen.
negative · AI labelView post →Clock my handwriting: Transcribing the added-for-the-film interlude to "Goodnight and Thank You" from Evita Transcribing the vocal lines from the introduction to "Bohemian Rhapsody" to facilitate a conversation about whether this section is in 9/8 (spoiler: it is)
neutral · AI labelView post →What a magic Queen moment Live Aid was! But it was when I watched the Bohemian Rhapsody movie I really understood HOW magic it really was. This is the song used for champions of all kind… youtu.be/FP808MiJUcM?...
positive · AI labelView post →#VinylCommunity #Vinyl #RecordCollection #Records Now spinning: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody movie soundtrack (2018); double 180g gatefold; includes a few tracks from their Live Aid gig;
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like there a about to be a very strange gen-z Bob Dylan fandom from the Timothy Chalamet movie like there was for Queen after Bohemian Rhapsody
neutral · AI labelView post →Bohemian Rhapsody is a well and truly TERRIBLE movie and I wonder if watching so many movies has given critics brain damage.
negative · AI labelView post →Definitely A Night At The Opera. I'd heard the recording of "Bohemian Rhapsody" used so many overdubs the tape was transparent in places. The movie gave us a glimpse.
neutral · AI labelView post →Smorgasbord Music Column - William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes Another one bites the dust and We Will Rock You - Bohemian Rhapsody smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/s...
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