Story Line
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
“Based on a true fantasy”
Top Cast
Taron Egerton
Elton John
Jamie Bell
Bernie Taupin
Richard Madden
John Reid
Bryce Dallas Howard
Sheila
Gemma Jones
Ivy
Steven Mackintosh
Stanley
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
2019-05-17
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
MusicDrama
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User Reviews (4)
SWITCH.
6/10
•5/29/2019There’s so much that works about ‘Rocketman’, so the fact it never fully commits to its musical fantasy conceit is a bit of a disappointment. It ends up aligning most with Julie Taymor’s curious 2007 Beatles musical ‘Across the Universe’ - a really g...
garethmb
No rating•5/31/2019
Elton John has had a career that has spanned decades, millions of albums sold, packed venues, awards, and more than a few headlines. In the new film “Rocketman” audiences get a look behind the man thanks to the amazing and Oscar worthy portrayal by T...
Gimly
6/10
•9/11/2019_Rocketman_ tries to walk a line between the paint-by-numbers musician biopic bog standard, and epic musical fantasy. A lot of the time when a movie tries to be a blend of two things, it ends up being neither. _Rocketman_, conversely, ends up being b...
GenerationofSwine
1/10
•1/12/2023I am honestly sort of split down the middle here. I mean, I THOUGHT it was going to be about Elton John... and it was...
...kind of...
... but it was also a lot more fantasy and fiction than it was a biopic, and had I known that I might not hav...