A genius in his splendour and mediocrity

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2020)

To judge the biopic or musical aspect of this film is to miss the essence of the film.
Besides, Forman never wanted / claimed to make a realistic biopic about Mozart's life.
Amadeus is clearly announced as a reinterpreted fiction of the character.
As for the music, it's Mozart's, so if you don't like it, it's hard to appreciate it, because anyway, the film remains orchestrated around his music (you'll notice the sequences between his songs and the scenes of the film...).
But what is most interesting (daring) is to have been interested in Mozart's personality and to have shown a "Mozart" as he was most probably: brilliant (his genius seems hardly questionable), but haughty, proud, womanizer, pierced basket and kid.
In short, a Mozart a little more "real" than what we are used to retain from him.