Completely fictionalized film

Rating: Null/10 (19 September 2005)

Completely fictionalized film about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart the great composer.
Mozart is played as a complete buffoon by Tom Hulce who must have thought he was still acting in Animal House. Peter Shaffer's play is not based at all upon the life of Mozart. The depiction of Mozart as such an idiot is a travesty. It's too bad people watch this film and think this is the way Mozart was. He wasn't.
F. Murray Abraham plays Antonio Solierie, the now forgotten contemporary composer of Mozart who envied and admired him. He is also completely wrong historically.
The only things accurate about the film are the costumes and the music so for those reasons it's recommended. Mozart's' great music will maybe gain new admirers through this film.