If you aren't deaf, this movie is definitely a 10!

Rating: 10/10 (26 April 1999)

I can recall no other movie employing music, especially classical music, so cleverly.
Until 1984 I cared for only `classical' classical music, such as the 1812 Overture and Swan Lake. But seeing Amadeus immediately piqued my interest in all classical music through its unique use of Mozart's music as not only a part of the plot, but also as theme music for each scene.
Amadeus so moved me that I have read several books on Mozart's life. I learned that Salieri once claimed he had killed Mozart. However, he quickly recanted this. Therefore, Amadeus is strictly fiction. Once one recognizes that, he may enjoy the movie more as an entertainment than a biography, which it definitely is not.
In fact, there are many theories as to how Mozart died. One book even suggests that his wife, Constanze, poisoned him! It is more likely, however, that he died of `natural causes,' which in 1999 could have been easily cured.
Whatever the cause of Mozart's death, and whatever his personality might have been, Mozart's music is THE standard for all other classical composers. There will never be another like him. And Amadeus gets this point across to people who aren't initially classical music fans.
If this movie isn't a 10, there aren't any 10s out there!