A true masterpiece of music and madness **** (out of ****)

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2002)

Milos Forman's Amadeus is a truly magnificent picture. A complicated character study, a dynamic blend of fact and fiction, and a dark, daring portrait of the madness that often accompanies genius. F. Murray Abraham is positively brilliant as the bitter, envious Antonio Salieri, a mediocrity whose jealousy of the musical talent he believes god has bestowed upon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce), thereby forsaking him, leads him into a descent of pure hatred and murderous conspiracy.