Fresh
The performance of Abraham, who won the Best Actor Oscar for it, is monumental, and so is Forman's direction.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Amadeus
The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.
1984 · 2h 40m · PG
Drama, History, Music
Directed by
Miloš Forman
Overview
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Director and cast
- Miloš Forman Director
- F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri
- Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart
- Simon Callow as Emanuel Schikaneder
- Roy Dotrice as Leopold Mozart
- Christine Ebersole as Katerina Cavalieri
- Jeffrey Jones as Emperor Joseph II
- Barbara Bryne as Mrs. Weber
- Charles Kay as Count Orsini-Rosenberg
- Kenny Baker as Parody Commendatore
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Forman's tormented, iconoclastic subjects are often pitted against iconic or impersonal antagonists, but Amadeus' conflict remains rivetingly intimate, in spite of its sumptuous, larger-than-life settings.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
Fresh
The subject of artistic creation is typically handled badly in the movies.... [Amadeus] treats the subject of creativity in a fresh way.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A grand movie entertainment.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
On a production level and as an evocation of a time and place, Amadeus is loaded with pleasures.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
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