by Chris Marshall:
One of the first things I thought while watching Amadeus was that Mozart, portrayed by
Tom Hulce, bore a striking resemblance to Fred Armisen. As much as I like
Armisen, I felt like this was a bad sign right off the bat. Our hero (is he a
hero?) turns out to be one of the most annoying characters in the Oscar Project
to date.
Most of the problem stems from his laugh, which is an
abomination. Few things bother me more than a bad laugh, and this film gives
him oh so many opportunities to use it. And then there’s his stupid, stupid
face. I hated him so bad.
This is a shame because outside of Mozart himself, there’s
nothing very objectionable about Amadeus.
I thought F. Murray Abraham was good as Salieri, and in fact, I started rooting
for him to murder Mozart as soon as possible. I’m not exactly sure this was the
director’s[1]
intention.
