'Rocketman' Blends Fact with Fantasy for an Entertaining Musical Ride

There are only a handful of films released each year that I can say I truly anticipate. And when I first saw the Rocketman trailer some months back, it immediately earned a spot on my 2019 must-see movies list. It should come as no surprise then that I made a beeline to the multiplex on opening weekend to see if it would live up to my expectations.

Rocketman celebrates the career highs and personal lows of pop music legend Elton John. It depicts his childhood as piano prodigy Reginald Dwight, his rise to international fame and the plethora of destructive dependencies he developed.

Make no mistake. Rocketman isn’t your run-of-the-mill account of a celebrity’s life. Even the trailer declares that “the only way to tell his story is to live his fantasy." And it's not wrong.