Only God can be unfair.

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2002)

I have seen this film many times and it is still a pleasure to watch. Most of the people with whom I have discussed it have, it seems to me, missed the point of this film. The most important role, that of Salieri, is played magnificently by F. Murray Abraham, who manages to convey a way of understanding the world that has lost currency today, namely the belief that God controls every little event. This man of great faith, Salieri, looses his faith because he cannot understand the fundamental unfairness of life and, thereby, of God. I will stop here but I will add that the readers should watch it with new eyes.
This is the greatest film of the last half of the 20th century.