(In the movie, Freddie-as we’ll call the character, to distinguish him from the historical Mercury-states that he’s bisexual and is shown to be in two long-term relationships with men, though it only hints at any casual ones.) But “Bohemian Rhapsody” isn’t a comprehensive bio-pic, nor a full-spectrum consideration of Mercury’s life-it is a clearly and carefully oriented vision of his career. In fact, it is clear about Mercury’s sexual orientation. The movie has been criticized for its lack of attention to the specifics of his sex life. If so, “ Bohemian Rhapsody,” a superficially clichéd yet thematically unusual bio-pic about the band’s lead singer and guiding spirit, Freddie Mercury ( Rami Malek), delivers that secondhand rock memory by rooting its story less in the primary experience of the band’s performances than in a subtly revisionist, sharply current view of Mercury’s life and work.
It may be that the only way to experience a full measure of Queen nostalgia is not to have heard the band the first time around-to indulge in vicarious nostalgia, a homecoming to somebody else’s home.
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