Rocketman

Peter Debruge

What is it that we love about Elton John? If "Rocketman" director Dexter Fletcher ever stopped to ask himself that question, the response was apparently so simple as to be almost vulgar: The sunglasses. And the sequins. And the songs, of course. Elton fans will find more of those three elements than they can count in this relentlessly ebullient, razzle-dazzle homage to Reginald Dwight, the fool-lucky London piano prodigy (played here by "Kingsman" star Taron Egerton) who stumbled into a partnership with brilliantly inscrutable lyricist Bernie Taupin (Jamie Bell), sparking the chance for a desperately music-obsessed rock 'n' roll wannabe to transform into one of the 20th century's top-selling pop musicians. [...]

di Peter Debruge, articolo completo (10916 caratteri spazi inclusi) su Variety 16 maggio 2019