"Amadeus is a beautiful film, both to the eyes and ears"

Rating: 10/10 (31 December 2005)

Amadeus (1984)
Number 1 - 1984
Top 5 - 1980s
Top 50 - All Time
Amadeus is a superb film, featuring unforgettable scenes, great acting and sublime classical music. The film is told by Antonio Salieri a now insane musician who was the finest in the city until Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived with his perfect music. A true genius he was, but his character and manners were crude and rude. Winner of 8 Academy Awards Including Best Picture, Best Director Milos Forman, Best Actor F.Murray Abraham. From the director of 'One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest', Amadeus is an inspiring, wonderful, dark, colourful film. "simply breathtaking"
Amadeus is spellbinding, amazing, sublime: Forman has visualised 18th Century Vienna in breathtaking fashion; but beside all the sets and costumes, it is the characters and more simply the performances. F. Murray Abraham provides an exquisitely calculated, graceful, masterful performance that won him the Oscar. Furthermore, Tom Hulce, who plays Mozart is also astonishing.
Classical music, stunning direction, breathtaking acting, lavish sets, extravagant costumes and a story that is beautifully woven into all the grandeur of this film; what can I say this is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. Amadeus belongs on my top 5 list. Superlative, sublime cinematic mastery.
I initially gave the film a 9/10 and raised to 10, because I believe Amadeus is as a movie critic put it: "as close to perfection as movies get"
10/10