Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 2
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The polar-opposite worlds of opera and horror collide in this gory giallo film from director Dario Argento. Christina Marsillach (Tom Hanks' romantic interest in Every Time We Say Goodbye) stars as Betty, a beautiful understudy who gets an unlikely break to play the female lead in a contemporary opera of Verdi's Macbeth. Her fear of Macbeth's notorious curse proves to have foundation when a psychopath with a strange connection to Betty murders a stage hand in the midst of her debut and later
R, 1 hr. 47 min.
Oct 30, 2001
All Critics (15) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2) | DVD (15)
Italian horror master Dario Argento may have the most lopsided strengths and weaknesses of any director I've experienced.
An art film through and through, though it be an art film with an unusual number of bloody deaths... one of Argento's most memorable films.
Singing its praises!
Stylish, but inane and sadistic Argento thriller.
Argento's Opera is a film of rare beauty, a celebration of love's absence and the ferocious force of the gaze.
With its grand scale and brooding themes, the art of opera fits neatly with Argento's lavish stylistics and dark preoccuptations as a filmmaker
very possibly a dark parody of The Sound of Music
If you're OK with the outlandish work of Italy's premier horror director-able to accept his outrageous story lines and flamboyant style-then you should have a great time with Opera. If you don't, then you won't.Cristina Marsillach plays Betty, a beautiful young opera understudy who is given a shot at fame (in an
April 14, 2011Super Reviewer
I really couldn't decide whether or not I liked this movie. I mostly liked it: Argento's style is evident, there are a lot of great special effects, and cool music. The story starts out interesting, but then there are a bunch of crazy plot twists, most are confusing too. Overall, it could have been better.
April 11, 2011Super Reviewer
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