A film for the '80's

Rating: 2/10 (21 June 2003)

Admittedly this film was well timed and placed, and captured an audience hungry for depth, quality and substance in the midst of the "greed is good" 1980's. What it delivered, though, was essentially a story about life (and death) in the "greed is good" 1780's. The shallowness of Mozart's "live fast, die young" story sinks in as the novelty of the historical setting wears off.