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01/18/08
In Search of Mozart (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 23
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 7/10
Synopsis: Featuring Renée Fleming, Magdalena Kozená, and a host of others, this film is the first major documentary feature devoted to the life of the classical composer. IN SEARCH OF MOZART follows his many journeys through Europe, uncovering... [More]
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Reviews for In Search of Mozart
This thorough and insightful 2006 documentary presents a more rounded and compelling view of the high-spirited genius.
09/28/07
Top Critic The film effectively usurps the images left by Milos Forman's artful yet not entirely factually accurate Amadeus.
09/28/07
Top Critic Doesn't exhibit the imagination of some of Tony Palmer's films on musicians, [but] Grabsky is certainly to be congratulated on his dedication, sensitivity and good taste.
07/30/07
Lacks anything new to say but provides a primer of sorts for those unfamiliar with classical music.
07/24/07
The documentary lacks some of the emotional impact you would get from a dramatic interpretation, but it makes up for that with the music.
07/22/07
The film's soul is the musicians whose love for Mozart's compositions is as vibrant as their desire to share it.
07/20/07
Top Critic Setting the record straight literally and figuratively, In Search of Mozart is an adamantly linear, myth-busting stride through a prodigiously talented life.
07/20/07
Top Critic The amount of detail further enhances our understanding of both the genius and the man.
07/19/07
My body voted (about) two-to-one against, with my ears being outvoted by my mind and my eyes.
07/18/07
Excellent introduction to the life and career of the world's greatest composer who enjoyed an uneasy relationship with his aristocratic patrons.
07/18/07
No one should be allowed to attend a screening of In Search of Mozart without a Red Bull in hand
07/15/07
'In Search of Mozart' shines the brightest when it showcases individual musicians playing Mozart. It's obvious how much this beautiful music means to them.
07/04/07
Long before the midway point, the sheer volume of verbiage becomes oppressive and repetitive.
07/03/07
Top Critic A concurrent glimpse of the transformation of the artist in the days of early capitalism, into a free agent on an uncertain quest for commissions, as music was inevitably morphing into a commodity like everything else.
06/27/07
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