Callas Forever (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 24 Rotten:34 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 5, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $305,060
Synopsis: At the beginning of this engrossing story, Larry Kelly (the delectable Jeremy Irons) has become a manager of rock bands – much easier to handle, he asserts, than a temperamental opera star. Managing Maria Callas's late career has left him scorched by the star's brilliant fire. Visiting her... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan, Justino Diaz
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Screenwriter: Franco Zeffirelli
Story: Martin Sherman
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi
Screenwriter: Franco Zeffirelli
Story: Martin Sherman
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi
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06/24/06
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So appealing and ingratiating that it's hard not to be taken in by Zeffirelli's fantasy.
04/19/06
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09/26/05
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In his Ode to his colleague, Zeffirelli reminds us all how fragile egos can be and the lengths artists (and their producers) will go to remain in the limelight.
05/22/05
Zeffirelli's 'Carmen' looks more PBS than MGM, and this relative poverty helps explain why this sincere but bloodless film has taken three years to limp into theaters.
04/18/05
The film rises and falls on Ardant's performance and, boy, does she deliver, chewing up scenery and making it look like delicate surgery.
03/25/05
It's an odd little film with tremendous appeal. It's almost as if Zeffirelli ... has dug up a late-'70s time capsule to share with the world.
03/25/05
Nothing more than Zeffirelli's wish-fulfillment, pretending to stage a production of 'Carmen' with Fanny Ardant acting as proxy for his late, great star.
02/20/05
Zeffirelli is in his element celebrating Callas' glory and lushly staging Carmen. Alas, the rest of the movie... falls flat.
02/18/05
Though for opera buffs the result may well be fun, it's also camp with a high C....Douglas Sirk and Ross Hunter, eat your hearts out.
02/13/05
Little of it works, and frankly, the film alternates between being dull and being almost campy fun.
02/11/05
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02/06/05
Bravura performances by all. Fanny Ardant shines as the woman in desperate need of a spotlight.
02/04/05
For Callas fans, this is a winner. For others, it should at least be interesting.
02/03/05
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The film's portrait of the singer is indelible. The story as a whole, however, doesn't hold together, primarily because the imaginary characters and situations that surround her are so inadequately sketched.
01/28/05
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CALLAS FOREVER finally reaches the USA on Nov. 5, MUST-SEE for opera buffs!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
CALLAS FOREVER finally reaches the USA on Nov. 5, MUST-SEE for opera buffs!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
CALLAS FOREVER finally reaches the USA on Nov. 5, MUST-SEE for opera buffs!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
CALLAS FOREVER finally reaches the USA on Nov. 5, MUST-SEE for opera buffs!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/7/05
Zeffirelli pays tribute to his 'Divine' friend.
by: Helen Wheels 11/24/04
by: Helen Wheels 11/24/04
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