What's all the fuss about?

Rating: Null/10 (18 April 1999)

I fell prey to a deception: Academy Award: Best Picture, Produced by: Saul Zaentz. In this case, that combination was hardly worth the paper on which it was printed.
I knew little about the life of Mozart when I started watching, and knew little more upon completion. Sure it's lavish, and sure it's grand, and it is fun. Maybe too many caricatures, not enough reality? I can't imagine the finished product is the film they set out to make.
Don't get me wrong. It's not the responsibility of every historical film to educate, but usually a certain amount of education comes with the territory. Here it is all a la carte I am saddened to say.
This film hardly stands in there with many of the Best Picture winners, but it is by no means the bottom of the heap either.
On to the next.