Rocketman

Elton John biopic Rocketman offers razzle-dazzle filmmaking with heart

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‘Rocketman’: Taron Egerton Anchors Dexter Fletcher’s Flashy Elton John Biopic

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While in rehab, a middle-aged Elton John (Taron Egerton) recalls how he went from being a shy boy from Pinner to one of the most popular recording artists in history – via a wild, unmoderated journey of drugs, drink, sex, and music.

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A Glitter-Fueled Rocketman Blasts Off

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Freddie Mercury may have had the better voice, but it’s Elton John who gets the better movie.

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Cannes 2019: Dexter Fletcher’s film abandons the biopic model to freely mix fantasy and reality in an extravagant, fun and frustrating jukebox musical

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Taron Egerton retraces Elton John's early rise to stardom and his flirtation with self-destruction in Dexter Fletcher's glittery bio-musical fantasy.

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The Elton John biopic Rocketman works best when it remembers to be a musical

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As a musical, Dexter Fletcher’s film is just fun enough to (mostly) distract us from its superficiality.

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Taron Egerton does a good impression of the flamboyant musician in this sucrose treatment, a by-the-numbers approach authorised by Elton himself

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Dexter Fletcher has fashioned an ebullient monument to pop superstar Elton John — featuring a committed turn from Taron Egerton in the lead role — that’s clichéd in the telling, but gets by on the strength of his early catalog.

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