An intelligent biopic drama

Rating: Null/10 (18 March 2002)

F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce lead a great cast in this biographical drama about the life and high times of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Abraham takes an excellent turn as Salieri, the Italian composer who believes strongly this his own great talent was given to him by God, until he met the cackling, womanizing Mozart. How, how can that little rascal be so gifted, yet not take this gift to a serious level? That's the conflict of interest Salieri had been lingering over. Filled with lavish set designs depicting 1600 Austria, even more lavish costumes of that same area, AMADEUS certainly gives owes itself a great deal of credit to its two leads.