Critic Reviews
87
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
positive
25(89%)
mixed
3(11%)
negative
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Remains the most popularly successful film ever to render the inner life of an artist.
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It still soars, but now it seems richer, more expansive. Amadeus reminds us that movies can be lyrical as well as vulgar, ambitious as well as playful, brilliant as well as down and dirty -- just like Amadeus himself.
100
One of the finest qualities of Amadeus is that it reminds us of those rare occasions when an Oscar sweep is actually merited.
100
This expands an already long movie to more than three hours, but this time there's no getting enough of a good thing. [2002 Director's Cut]
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Amadeus is about as close to perfection as movies get. [2002 Director's Cut]
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In what was indisputably his finest moment as a filmmaker, Forman summoned the absolute best work of his craftsmen -- costumes, makeup, camerawork, production design -- and merged them with his own storytelling sense and his special way with actors to create what has to stand as cinema's most successful musical epic.
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Arguably the best motion picture ever made about the process of creation and the creator.
100
The film is a visual feast of palaces, costumes, wigs, feasts, opening nights, champagne, and mountains of debt.
100
Amadeus skewers the period finery - stunning costumes, production design, sublime music - with piercing intelligence and thematic gravitas.
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In acting terms Tom Hulce's shrieking, giggling Wolfie was easily outclassed by F Murray Abraham's brooding Iago-like villain, but Forman's distinctive central European locations, painterly night-time exteriors and period crowd scenes still look terrific. [2002 Director's Cut]
