Rocketman's Cannes premiere wows critics with its candid portrayal of Elton John's rise to fame

Rocketman premiered at Cannes on Thursday night, and wowed critics thanks Taron Egerton's performance and the film's candid portrayal of Elton John's rise to fame.

The 'true fantasy' film depicts the musician's rise to fame in the 1970s, and director Dexter Fletcher called it 'Elton’s magical retelling of his own life'.

And early reviews from the biopic's premiere at the French film festival has shown that the film is sure to be an even bigger hit than 2018's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Daily Mail's Brian Viner gushed about the production, as he wrote: 'This is an intoxicating musical, which brilliantly uses Elton’s songs (convincingly sung by Egerton) to convey the thrilling ups and precipitous downs of his life. 



'You really can’t compare it with Bohemian Rhapsody. Rocketman is on a different planet. Some of the song-and-dance routines take the breath away.' 

While he went on to add that while 'it pulls no punches' about Elton's life of debauchery in his early years as a musician, he claimed it was 'a hugely exhilarating picture.' 

David Rooney gushed about Taron's take on Elton in the film, for his review in The Hollywood Reporter, as he called the actor the 'driving force of the film.'

He added that the fact the Kingsman star's 'does his own singing with such confidence adds a whole other layer to the characterisation, appropriating the style of John without ever veering into impersonation.' 

Meanwhile Robbie Collin of The Telegraph said that Fletcher's 'fabulous' production is 'a heart-racing, toe-tapping, all-glitter-cannons-blazing triumph on its own terms.'





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