Review: Taron Egerton shines in an oddly dark 'Rocketman'
Taron Egerton as Elton John in “Rocketman.” By Ann Hornaday Ann Hornaday Movie critic Email Bio Follow May 30 at 12:35 PM Rating:
Does “Rocketman” deliver the same frisson as “Bo Rhap,” which overcame scrambled chronology and genre cliches to become one of the most pleasurable movies of 2018? Yes and no. Audiences need to know going in that they’re in for a completely different approach and aesthetic experience, with a movie that is less traditional biopic than a jukebox musical that feels reverse-engineered for a splashy Broadway makeover.
The result is a film that feels strangely superficial, even though its conceit is a psychological portrait of an artist excavating his deepest psychological material.
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