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By Will G (307) on 05 Oct 2007

Even though this is an adaptation of a Peter Schaffer play, it is nothing like Amadeus…

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By Brian M (1,664) on 01 Oct 2007

Once again, I think that the play was better because of its use of the theatrical environment…

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By Matthew A (1,056) on 18 Sep 2007

Not for everyone…

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By Colleen T (53) on 17 Sep 2007

Good acting. Disappointing stable set, moving him away from the horses in the pivotal scene. If they couldn't see him...what was the point…

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By Kalle R (46) on 17 Sep 2007

A monumental Richard Burton flick. It's such an emotionally charged film and the acting is beyond any complaint. British production naturally…

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By Michael D (2,363) on 11 Sep 2007

Wicked good. Burton is tormented by his jealousy of the deluded happiness in which his patient lives. So are we…

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By Michael S (3,461) on 10 Aug 2007

The play was fantastic. The movie was not…

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By Celia F (2) on 07 Aug 2007

Amazing writing and mostly great acting. Impossible not to think and question while watching this…

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By Elaine S (102) on 06 Aug 2007

I'm sure that Daniel Radcliffe is much more attractive than Peter Firth as Alan Strang, but seeing as how I've never seen 'arry potta's version,…

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By Lenard K (97) on 05 Aug 2007

One of the most disturbing movies I've seen (although admitedly when I first saw this movie on cable I had little idea of what it was about)…

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By Heather B (573) on 03 Aug 2007

Miraculous writing! Deeply disturbing and true- life in all its quintessential chaos. Tremendous acting from both male leads. Horribly beautiful…

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By Meghean K (1) on 09 Jul 2007

It is the screenplay that makes this movie great…

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By Dana F (381) on 08 Jul 2007

I didn't get the feeling of the play from this movie. I was fairly bored, and I felt like this movie ruined the play [book]…

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By Michael B (2,768) on 24 Jun 2007

To get the most out of this film, I seriously reccomend downing a bottle of Tussin first…

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By Racc O (3) on 18 Jun 2007

One of the best psychological thrillers ever, probably one of my favorite movies. Richard Burtons narrative made the film what it was…

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By Nick L (531) on 18 Jun 2007

Some people find Richard Burton too hammy in this intense psychological drama, but I think it's his best screen performance, beating even his…

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By Denae B (72) on 14 Jun 2007

Lovely, tragic, haunting, and moving. One of Sidney Lumet's finest…

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By Oda A (2) on 09 Jun 2007

Cajooled a mate of mine, a med student, to watch this brilliant filmic adaptation of the Shaeffer play, and it floored him…

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By Javier V (266) on 08 Jun 2007

I was a child when I first saw it, but I hadn't remembered it until 2 or 3 months ago that I watched it again. It's great, wear, but great…

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By Patrick B (1,076) on 07 Jun 2007

Very interesting idea in this film- kind of unnerving insght on obsessive extremes in wayward religions. Wonderful acting and I want to see that play…

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