Kinda refreshing, this brand of comedy that’s highly silly but still pretty sharp is sorely missed in movies nowadays, it feels like a quaint throwback. It’s very _Austin Powers_ and _Monty Python_-esque, if that’s your thing you’ll probably dig it. The casting’s pretty much perfect, I’m very happy Daniel Radcliffe got to show us his comedic chops. It also looks pretty decent, especially when you consider that filmmakers usually don’t put that much effort into the visuals of these kind of comedies. Its biggest issue is that it sticks way too close to the general formula of musical biopics. This is pretty much another _Bohemian Rhapsody_ or _Rocketman_, just with a stronger comedic angle. It’s more entertaining than both of those, but also not as clever and subversive as _Walk Hard_. Near the end it starts to let go of the tropes and becomes a lot more bonkers. The genuine emotional beats that it tries to hit don’t quite land (the occasional attempts at being Spielberg-y feel off to me), and it heavily overuses the writing trope of ‘stating something that’s clearly meant ironically for the audience’. Finally, I wasn’t a fan of the singing, the voice change and very obvious use of autotune are both very distracting for a movie that’s supposed to take place in the 80s (yeah sure, it’s a parody, but still). All in all, it does just enough for me, but I’d love to see the Mel Brooks version of this.

6/10