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Movie Info

In this opera-based anthology, 10 directors interpret 10 popular arias. Among others, Robert Altman imagines the opening night of Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Les Boréades" in 1734 Paris; Jean-Luc Godard envisions Jean-Bapiste Lully's "Armide" as the story of French maids desperately trying to seduce burly bodybuilders lifting weights at the gym; and Julien Temple stages Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto" with synchronous infidelities occurring at the same hotel.

Rating:

R
Genre:

musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 2, 2017
Runtime:

1h 31m
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

John Hurt
The Actor

Theresa Russell
King Zog

Buck Henry
Preston

Roy Hyatt
Chauffeur

Sevilla Delofski
Maid

Ruth Halliday
Companion

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Critic Reviews for Aria

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (6)

The best of the 10 segments is, perhaps predictably, the rare one without lofty pretensions.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Janet Maslin
New York Times
I am not sure that any indispensable statement about opera has been made here, and purists will no doubt recoil by the irreverence of some of the images. But the film is fun almost as a satire of itself.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The most successful episode, though, is Julien Temple's cheerfully vulgar interpretation of 'La donna è mobile' from Verdi's Rigoletto.

November 22, 2020 | Full Review…

Jason Best
Movie Talk
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June 30, 2005 | Rating: C

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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June 9, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
Aria gives 10 filmmakers a chance to create vignettes set to well-known opera arias.

August 28, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice
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December 12, 2003 | Rating: 3/5

Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Uneven compendium film. Russell, Temple, and Roddam are the best things. Goddard is the worst.

February 2, 2003 | Rating: 4/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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September 3, 2002 | Rating: 3/5

Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
pretentious piffle that's pretty much one sour note after another

July 29, 2002 | Rating: 1/5

James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
Seriously, do vanity projects like this really need to be made? Don't we all have better things to do?

August 16, 2001 | Rating: 1.5/5

Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
So diverse in nature that it can only be evaluated piecemeal

January 1, 2000

Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Audience Reviews for Aria

Aug 04, 2008

Wow. What a bunch of weak sauce artistic crap. Not only did the whole thing completely suck, but it was super slow while it sucked. I read that like three of them were awful, and the rest were good. But I couldn't tell the difference, not a single story was worth a poop in an old tin can.

Curtis L Super Reviewer
Jun 07, 2007

Uneven. Goes from great to uninteresting pretty often.

Morris N Super Reviewer
Apr 02, 2007

Overall, I liked this "movie" but I wouldn't watch it again.

Michael S Super Reviewer