The greatest film of the 1980's

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 1999)

In what I consider to be the fourth greatest film of all time. An unknown musical composer named Antonio Salieri, who is now in an asylum for trying to cut his throat, confesses to a priest that he was behind the murder of the greatest composer who ever walked the face of the Earth, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Amadeus is nothing shy of a miraculous film. Oscar nominee Tom Hulce gives the greatest performance of his career as Mozart, the childish, immature brat that God chose to be the greatest musical composer ever. Hulce gives so much light to the screen annoying the hell out of everyone around him, especially F. Murray Abraham, (who overshadows Hulce with an Oscar winning performance) who plays Antonio Salieri, a mediocre composer who went insane with jealousy against Mozart for his God-given gift. Salieri, who is now comsumed by hatred and sorrow, swears vengeance on Mozart, and even God Himself.
The film Amadeus, is like Mozart's music itself, miraculous. Tom Hulce and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham add so much dramatic intensity to the 2 1/2 hr. film that it never seems half that long. You have to see it to really know what I'm talking about, but it is certainly well worth the time. In my opinion, there are only three other films the are better than Amadeus, (2001: A Space Odyssey, The Godfather, and Star Wars)