2019 · drama · biography · music
Rocketman
Directed by Dexter Fletcher2h 1m2019
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.
Our read: Rocketman (2019) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive drama · biography · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured drama / biography, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- tender
- intimate
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