Callas Forever (2004)

So appealing and ingratiating that it's hard not to be taken in by Zeffirelli's fantasy.

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04/19/06

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.

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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.

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04/18/05

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03/27/05

The film rises and falls on Ardant's performance and, boy, does she deliver, chewing up scenery and making it look like delicate surgery.

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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.

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03/25/05

Justifies its dismissal of factual truth in favor of a deeper sort.

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03/04/05

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.

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02/20/05

Zeffirelli is in his element celebrating Callas' glory and lushly staging Carmen. Alas, the rest of the movie... falls flat.

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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.

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02/13/05

Little of it works, and frankly, the film alternates between being dull and being almost campy fun.

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02/11/05

Bravura performances by all. Fanny Ardant shines as the woman in desperate need of a spotlight.

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02/04/05