During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.
The Agony and the Ecstasy has generally received positive reviews.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy was released in 1965 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 58 reviews, giving The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Agony and the Ecstasy than critics were.
With a score of 73%, The Agony and the Ecstasy is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1965, which stands at 61%.
Other movies from 1965 with similar scores include films like The Great Race, Alphaville and The Ipcress File.
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