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05/26/02
Tosca (2002)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:24
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.3/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 12, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: French director Benoit Jacquot (A SINGLE GIRL) adapts the famous opera by Giacomo Puccini in his film TOSCA. The stunningly dramatic opera stars--Angela Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna as... [More]
Starring: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi
Director: Benoit Jacquot
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09/21/02
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06/24/06
The performance is curiously cold, surprisingly artificial and removed from the very passion embedded deeply within the score and libretto.
04/25/03
It is impossible to imagine wanting to see Jacquot's film more than once, if that.
09/20/02
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12/30/06
Opera on film is never satisfactory. The art demands live viewing. The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen.
08/02/02
Passion, lip-synching, tragedy, and lots of really really high notes. For me, this opera isn't a favorite, so it's a long time before the fat lady sings.
08/30/02
Benoit Jacquot ("School of Flesh") directs this stylistically challenging cinematic rendering of Giacomo Puccini's famous 1899 opera with an appropriately powerful performance by opera diva Angela Gheorgiu.
06/06/09
Every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here.
07/27/02
Though the opera itself takes place mostly indoors, Jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set.
07/02/02
The director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn. The results are far more alienating than involving.
07/18/02
You would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack, or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production.
06/12/03
As it stands it's an opera movie for the buffs.
05/06/02
Jacquot's rendering of Puccini's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera. In his first stab at the form, Jacquot takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically.
07/12/02
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11/04/05
For the most part, it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera.
07/11/02
Top CriticThis filmed Tosca -- not the first, by the way -- is a pretty good job, if it's filmed Tosca that you want. I'll stay with the stage versions, however, which bite cleaner, and deeper.
08/01/02
Angela Gheorghiu as famous prima donna Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and Ruggero as the villainous, lecherous police chief Scarpia, all sing beautifully and act adequately.
07/11/02
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