It's a challenge to play someone well-known and characteristic without the cringe effect. Freddy Mercury was such a person for sure. But having an unsurpassed music gift calls for an unsurpassed acting talent, and then the story just clicks. Queen's music enchanted us with this brilliant feeling of unity and power against the world's injustice. Bohemian Rhapsody reminds you about that magic and brings you closer to the person whom it all wouldn't be possible without. Painful self-discovery, disease, and the world at one's feet for one brilliant musician and his band that changed the music industry and moved generations.
