Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Fearless lives forever.
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.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 24 October 2018 |
| Genre | Music, Drama |
| Director | Bryan Singer |
| Starring | Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee and Ben Hardy |
| Runtime | 135 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 6.1/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 60% · Metacritic 49/100 · TMDB users 7.9/10 |
| Box office | $904 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 musical drama that runs 135 minutes. It tracks Queen from their formation in 1970 through the point where their success starts to outpace their ability to stay in the room together. Bryan Singer directs it. The film leans into the idea that excess is the price of admission for genius. It is loud, it is ambitious, and it knows exactly how much time you have before the credits roll.
What the critics said
Critics landed in the middle. Rotten Tomatoes shows a 60% Tomatometer score as of November 2022, with an average rating of 6.1/10. Metacritic sits lower at 49 out of 100 as of June 2025, a score that translates to mixed or average reviews. Owen Gleiberman of Variety called Rami Malek’s performance commanding, though he felt the rest of the film rarely lived up to it. Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent gave it 3 out of 5 stars, admitting he was thoroughly entertained despite the heavy-handed dialogue.
How it did with audiences
The film pulled in $911.1 million worldwide, a figure that sits comfortably above its $52 million production budget. In accounting terms, that is a quiet triumph. In any other business, it is a very good year. TMDB users rate it 7.9 out of 10.
Awards
Rami Malek took the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2019. The film also won for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing. That made it the film with the most wins at the ceremony. It lost Best Picture to Green Book, which is how those things go.
What came next for the cast
Rami Malek moved from Night at the Museum to Oppenheimer. Gwilym Lee went from The Tourist to The Great. Ben Hardy traded X-Men: Apocalypse for The Conjuring: Last Rites. The credits list these titles in order, but they cannot say the film caused the shift. They can only say what came next.
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Sources
- Bohemian Rhapsody on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q27894574 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Bohemian Rhapsody (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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