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The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

2019 · 81 min

A genial, backstage-pass documentary that coasts on nostalgia and crowd-pleasing concert footage, easy to watch and gently heartwarming.

Directed by
Simon Lupton, Christopher Bird
Genres
Music, Documentary
Starring
Adam Lambert, Brian May, Roger Taylor
Overview
A documentary chronicling Queen and Lambert's incredible journey since they first shared the stage together on "American Idol" in 2009.

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Directed by
Simon Lupton, Christopher Bird
Genres
Music, Documentary
Starring
Adam Lambert, Brian May, Roger Taylor
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • identity
  • found family
  • healing
  • celebrity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
music, documentary
Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
81 min
Country
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Languages
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