Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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,
4 Feb 2014
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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,
4 Feb 2014
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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,
20 Feb 2013
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A grand movie entertainment.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
19 Feb 2013
fresh:
On a production level and as an evocation of a time and place, Amadeus is loaded with pleasures.