One of the greatest films of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2011)

Based on my experience, no film has provided the audience with a more accurate portrayal of arrogance, jealousy, hatred, and madness.
You witness F. Murray Abraham gradually slip into insanity as his desire to be better than Mozart engulfs him. Tom Hulce is brilliant in this film as you watch his work take over and destroy his life. The film has an overtone of irony and atheism that comes to fruition with Mozart's unfinished composition followed by his funeral.
This film gives the viewer a realistic look at life: You're born, You do great things, You are unappreciated, You die. If you are religious the last scene will leave you with the question "If there is a god, why would he torture me like this? What did I do to deserve this?" Which is a very important question to ask.
If you are an artist, you will be able to relate to these characters better than any other film. This has been my favorite film since I was six years old and I don't foresee any film ever taking it's place.