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Queen's Brian May has hit back at the negative reviews of "Bohemian Rhapsody" after the biopic snagged a surprise win at the Golden Globes.Rami Malek picked up Best Actor, Drama for his widely praised take on Freddie Mercury, but the big shock came with its win over "A Star Is Born" in the Best Movie, Drama category, despite only having a middling 62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Speaking after the win, May felt that the controversy surrounding the first trailer for "Bohemian Rhapsody" was responsible for its soft reviews. "The mistake that critics made was reviewing the trailer instead of reviewing the film. They jumped to conclusions. Once people stake their claim, it's hard for them to withdraw," he said, according to Deadline.The first trailer was hit with accusations of "straightwashing," a backlash that star Lucy Boynton told Digital Spy was "jarring." "It's when people want to have something to criticize that is kind of jarring, especially because it does and the one thing that we're so proud of with this film is that I don't feel it ever steps over the line into any kind of exposé or intrusiveness," she explained."I don't know what people wanted to see in terms of ... they always ask about the darkness of Freddie and such and it's like, it's a celebration and ode to ."