simply an amazing piece of writing. This is how film adaptations of plays should be: faithful to the original but changed to fit the new medium. Well acted and simply a beautiful film to behold. The scenes where you see the music coming to life are thrilling.

Elegant, thought provoking. F. Murray Abraham is a great Salieri. He plays a man consumed with envy as only an extraordinarily gifted character actor not blessed with good looks could. Hulce is effective too, but I'm never convinced he could actually write such glorious music (but then, maybe that's the point). Forman's creates a very effective 18th Century Austrian atmosphere. I also like the theological question the movie raises: how can God give such genius to a putz like Mozart?