Farinelli 1994

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Artistry abounds in every aspect of the film. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A fascinating, if occasionally overly melodramatic, recreation of a period when Baroque music ruled Europe. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Farinelli, one of the 1995 Oscar nominees in the foreign film category, is onto an interesting story, all right, but it leaves us feeling, like some of Farinelli's lovers, that something is missing. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Glossy and histrionic, salacious and empty, Farinelli reduces a fascinating story to a series of hissy fits and leering glances. Read more

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Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Because Carlo Broschi, the 18th-century castrato singer known as Farinelli, was himself such an exotic and sensationalistic figure, you'd think that creating a dull movie out of his flamboyant life would be next to impossible. Think again. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: There's something too artificial and highfalutin about the movie. Read more