# Rocketman (2019)

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**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Music, Drama
**Directed by**: Dexter Fletcher
**Written by**: Lee Hall
**Starring**: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Steven Mackintosh

> *Based on a true fantasy*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Schoolboy meets songwriting mailman, turns piano pounds into glitter cannon. The pop anthem inside every closet lip-sync session gets a carnival mirror treatment. Elton’s sequin army storms the screen.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, sexy, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.3/10 (207025 users) · Metacritic 69/100

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