Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982) by Michael A Elkana F — 26 Sep 2009

Epic in every scale, Herzog proves that CGI means nothing if you have ambition and passion in movie making.

This review of Fitzcarraldo (1982) was written by Michael A Elkana F on 26 Sep 2009.

Fitzcarraldo has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Fitzcarraldo

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Mike V (837) on 11 Mar 2018

One movie that cannot be forgotten no matter how hard you may try to forget…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Tim R (1,080) on 02 Oct 2014

Mostly for me, this isn't the type of movie I am interested in. I've seen foreign films I liked. I just found this one rather sedate…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Juli N (550) on 12 Sep 2014

Werner Herzog's insanity surpasses that of Klaus Kinski's the end result is this glorious spectacle that continues to wow viewers today…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Matthew F. J (1,288) on 30 Mar 2014

One of the first non-documentaries from this director that I have seen, and a long piece of the adventurous type…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Jason M (2,623) on 17 Mar 2016

A masterpiece from the duo of Herzog-Kinski. This film is the subservient to Aguirre, The Wrath Of God, but a great film all the same…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Justin T (783) on 16 Jan 2014

My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Matthew D (1,591) on 05 Aug 2018

Werner Herzog's Masterclass on Obsession Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo may be remembered as the film wherein he lifted a steamboat over a mountain…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Edgar C (1,352) on 31 Dec 2012

Werner Herzog's tour-de-force cinematic expeditions into the wild still remain unparalleled by any standards thanks to an unbelievable musical…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Zach L (346) on 03 Jan 2017

Another grand vision from Werner Herzog, Fitzcarraldo deals with some of the same themes of Aguirre, This time, the opera fanatic, Fitzcarraldo,…

Read Review

Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Cinegeek.de C (1) on 12 Dec 2015

Our Daily Free Stream: Werner Herzog - Fitzcarraldo (german only)…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of My Darling Clementine (1946)

By Bonnie D (27) on 25 Mar 2008

I am such a killjoy. This movie was horrible. It takes a TRUE story about the Earps and Clantons, fictionalizes it (why…

Read Review

Review of Dragonwyck (1946)

By Kelly C (294) on 17 Dec 2008

WTF? This movie is seriously messed up. Filled with incest and killing your wife because she doesn't bare a son (daughters don't count)…

Read Review

Review of Dr. Cyclops (1940)

By Wes S (1,293) on 30 Aug 2013

Inventive use of special effects and oversized sets. This is strictly kids stuff though…

Read Review

Review of Throne of Blood (1957)

By Paul G (835) on 23 Oct 2009

As much as I normally love Kurasowa, I just couldn't get through this. Maybe someday I'll give it another chance…

Read Review

Review of Mahogany (1975)

By Tim C (1,157) on 09 May 2008

Berry Gordy's love letter to Diana Ross is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time…

Read Review

Review of Indochine (1992)

By Phil P (431) on 27 Jan 2010

Thankfully, the scenery is breathtaking, and the dynamic socio-political setting, however inaccurate historically, carries the story along…

Read Review

Review of Park Row (1952)

By Nikolai E (229) on 31 Mar 2011

Another winner from fuller-don't thinl he ever made a bad film…

Read Review

Review of Ludwig (1973)

By Vincent Canby (762) for New York Times (5,786) on 08 May 2005

Visconti has been such an intelligent film maker in the past that it's difficult to believe that Ludwig could be quite as bereft of ideas as it is…

Read Review

Review of Amsterdam (2009)

By Fabian C (98) on 18 Jan 2011

Creyendo que al contar 5 historias diferentes haria algo similar a Babel, no lo logra y termina haciendo que uno pierda interes facilmente…

Read Review

Review of Yojimbo (1961)

By Broyax (884) on 29 Oct 2022

L’histoire me disait quelque chose… et à chaque tentative de visionnage de cette vieille connerie, ça me mettait un peu plus la puce…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Fitzcarraldo

1982

83%482 Reviews

The Mangler 2

2002

23%23 Reviews

Spy Hard

1996

43%367 Reviews

Saathiya

2002

70%69 Reviews

Canadian Bacon

1995

56%367 Reviews

Twisted

2004

36%328 Reviews

Hating Breitbart

2012

61%133 Reviews

This Land Is Mine

1943

75%11 Reviews

Run All Night

2015

65%813 Reviews

Amreeka

2009

72%30 Reviews