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May 31, 2019

At the Movies: Egerton glitters in glossy, conventional ‘Rocketman'

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

"Rocketman" is a more-or-less true, authorized Elton John biopic, but one that frequently breaks free of chronology and gravity.

Whatever you say about Dexter Fletcher's glossy, glittering Elton John blinged-out biopic “Rocketman,” a shiny sequin of a movie, it doesn't lack for sparkle. Like its flamboyant subject, it's a movie outfitted to the nines in dazzle and verve, even if it's gotten all dressed up with nowhere to go but the most conventional places.


 
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