Whoever you are, you MUST see this film

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2000)

This is without a doubt my favourite film of all time. I must have seen it hundreds of times but it never fails to enthrall me, and I'm always left with a lump in my throat at the ending.
Tom Hulce is amazingly convincing as the hilarious, impish Mozart, and shows his versatility - he is alternately hilarious, engaging, arrogant, endearing, loveable, infuriating, and inevitably tragic.
F.Murray Abraham is also terrifyingly convincing as the demonic, possessed Salieri, and acts well with Hulce. Please, please watch this film - although if you are reading this review you probably already have - it is truly wonderful.
Without a doubt the best part of the film is when Mozart re-writes Salieri's little ode for him, to the astonishment of the Emperor, Rosenburg and co. (does anyone else detest Rosenburg with a vengeance??), and this is where we are first introduced to the famous shrieking laugh! I love that laugh so much, it never fails to put me in hysterics.
Anyway, to summarise: Fantastic acting, wonderful soundtrack (of course), sumptuous costumes and backdrops, gripping storyline, range of emotions..... absolutely 10/10