There's a lot of nice stuff for a long-time fan to see in here: new pics, video footage, etc, that has yet to pop up in anything else; however, it was presented and edited in a way that didn't work.
There were some nice music choices throughout, but the storytelling elements didn't quite come together very well.
The narrative elements were good, taken from the interviews done to piece together his assisted autobiography, but it didn't tell a complete story.
I feel it would have served the movie better to be more focussed on the tour while looking back to areas in the past rather more than trying to tell the story of his origins, going on to jump ahead every now and then to aspects of the final tour. Other than the final tour and a limited amount of backstage stuff from that time, it only went as far as 1975.
Admittedly, the recent tour book focussed on the tour, locations, reflecting on time spent in those locations over the years, and performing, so I suppose they didn't want to do that again, so why not tell the whole story, in which case, in relation to the final tour.
There are key aspects of the narrative that have wiped out the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s, 4 decades, but in a way that seems to dismiss several significant strengths. It contrasts the early days, when he said he'd like to be a father, to his last tour when he was one. Basically, it seems primarily to be a way to tell only that particular story - "Never too Late...." to be a dad, I suppose, but that's the sort of thing you'd expect from an hour TV special on regular TV. It did feel like a misfire.
It is okay to present the contrast as they did, but it limits itself, in rather a less effective way than they had likely supposed.
As much as I like it, the new song for the movie also doesn't fit. It works, with reference to the movie, but not as part of it, in the end credits, at least not to me.
There are also a few things that go too far. For example, a large section of the movie features Elton performing on stage at Dodgers Stadium 2022, which is already on Disney+, where the documentary is also based. The Rocket Hour segment features too much time spent online with other people. Both segments could have had a much tighter edit, because they lacked the meaning they were trying to convey.
It isn't actually bad though, it's just lacking in certain areas.
