Rocketman
2019 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 7.3 · 79% critics
This musical drama follows a gifted young piano player as he grows from academy student to global pop icon, shaped by a lasting songwriting partnership. Told with bursts of fantasy and familiar songs, it mixes the highs of fame with loneliness, pressure, and the search for love and self-acceptance.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-05-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (5,003 votes)
- Box office
- $182,581,610
- Budget
- $40,000,000
About
If you like music biopics with a more theatrical, emotional style than Bohemian Rhapsody, this is easy to recommend; Not for you if you want a strictly realistic, straightforward life story without fantasy flourishes.
Pros: colorful musical energy; strong lead performance; memorable hit songs | Cons: uneven fantasy-reality mix; familiar biopic beats; heavy at times
Themes
- london, england
- drug abuse
- pop star
- 1970s
- musical
- biography
- based on true story
- alcoholism
- singer
- rock music
- los angeles, california
- pianist
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Taron Egerton
as Elton John
Jamie Bell
as Bernie Taupin
Richard Madden
as John Reid
Bryce Dallas Howard
as Sheila
Gemma Jones
as Ivy
Steven Mackintosh
as Stanley
Tom Bennett
as Fred
Matthew Illesley
as Young Reggie
Kit Connor
as Older Reggie
Charlie Rowe
as Ray Williams
Directed by Dexter Fletcher