‘Rocketman’ Review: Taron Egerton Bares Elton John’s Soul in Spectacular Fashion | Cannes 2019

The most important thing to know about Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman is that the filmmaker who helped Bohemian Rhapsody cross the finish line less than a year ago has fashioned a decidedly different biopic about, yes, another gay musical icon.  And you become keenly aware that this homage is something else entirely as soon as our hero, Elton John (Taron Egerton, incredible), joins a drug addiction group meeting dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit that’s stoned to the gods with gigantic wings and a helmet fitted with two devilish horns.  John may look like a phoenix at that moment, …

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