Bohemian Rhapsody: To see or not to see?

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First I was going to see it because I like a lot of Queen's music and like Freddie. Then I heard it was homophobic and superficial (see quote at end of post), so I thought I would skip seeing it. Then a friend whose politics and taste in visual entertainment overlap mine said she liked it and said "there are SO MANY CATS." Then my favorite rock star (not sure whether politics or his taste overlaps mine in anything but music) said on FB "go and see the movie on the biggest screen available!" So now I just haven't got a clue what to do. (And yes, that's a hint about who my favorite rock star is.)

So, if you've seen it, or plan to see it, or plan not to see it, I'm curious what your thoughts are.

Sheila O'Malley's review on rogerebert.com:

[the movie] wants me to watch the costume ball scene and think, "Wow, I'm scared for Freddie. Freddie needs the stability of his (married, straight) band members to counteract the SUPER gay world he's living in." I struggled with this scene, I tried to give the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt. But what's onscreen is what is intended. We are meant to side with the band members, we are meant to look at Freddie with the same discomfort about him acting so, well, gay. It's unforgivable...."Bohemian Rhapsody" is bad in the way a lot of biopics are bad: it's superficial, it avoids complexity, and the narrative has a connect-the-dots quality. This kind of badness, while annoying, is relatively benign. However, the attitude towards Mercury's sexual expression is the opposite of benign.