The Only Way to Tell His Story is to live His Fantasy.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Stephen Graham, Harriet Walter, Tate Donovan, Gemma Jones |
Director |
Dexter Fletcher |
Screenplay | Lee Hall |
Music | Matthew Margeson |
Cinematography | George Richmond |
Editing | Chris Dickens |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2019 |
Produced by | Marv Films, Marv Studios, New Republic Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Rocket Pictures |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Musical |
Language | The film contains strong impact, frequent crude language. Children younger than 16 emulate inappropriate language. |
Nudity | Low impact and infrequent occurances of partial/semi nudity in a non-sexual context. |
Sex | None (sic) |
Violence | Low impact and infrequent scenes of violence. Justified within context and necessary for the plot and characters' progression. |
Prejudice | Mild impact and infrequent language of prejudice. Viewers may be offended by use of inappropriate prejudice language. |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | Contains scenes with Imitative Acts and Techniques. |
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R: Restricted | Rated R for language throughout, some drug use and sexual content |
Runtime | 121 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 15 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
24.com Gabi Zietsman The comparison between Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman will be inevitable - two biopics coming out in the same year about two gay musical legends - but in the end, they are two completely different films that might even stand in separate genres. | 20 | |
Metacritic.com 49 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 279 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer It’s going to be a long, long time before a rock biopic manages to capture the highs and lows of an artist’s life like Rocketman. | 18 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 14 | |
CommonSenseMedia Joyce Slaton Glittery, glam rock musical soars; expect sex and drugs. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 108 users | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes users 8571 users | 18 | |
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 18 | |
IMDB 17978 Netizens | 15 | |
The Movie DB Community | 15 | |
Average .. 81% | 16 |