After a long and troubled production, Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody finally hit cinemas in October and was met with decidedly mixed reviews.
He left Bohemian Rhapsody before completing the film because of a family health matter (although it was rumoured he had fallen out with the cast) and was replaced by Dexter Fletcher.
Rami Malek’s performance as the stadium rock band’s tragic frontman Freddie Mercury was commonly singled out for praise but, overall, the response was largely negative.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety called it “middle-of-the-road”, IndieWire‘s David Ehrlich found it “royally embarrassing” while Jasper Rees of The Spectator denounced Bohemian Rhapsody’s “succession of predigested cliches”.