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People who like classical music or Mozart in particular will love this movie. Assuming, of course, they can get past some historical inaccuracies, weird giggles or any other slight on their revered legend.

But what about the vast majority of people, who don't listen to classical music? Will this movie have any hold on them? Can someone who's been shaking their booty to MTV be thrown in classical waters and be expected to learn how to swim? If it's at all possible, this movie would be the one to do it. It's about jealousy, backstabbing, mealy-mouthing, blaspheming and stolen ideas. Who can't relate to that. Who hasn't had at least one of the above directed at them?

People who swear they wouldn't sit for any classical music, do it all the time when they get moved by a "classical" score in a movie that stealthily conveys all the emotion of the story.

Amadeus spotlights the creation of and appreciation of gorgeous music as seen through the jealous eyes of a competitor who knows in his heart he could never equal it.

If you're at that stage where you're yearning for something more than the beat, the riff, the homey twang, go for a little music appreciation that will knock your socks off. One of the best films I've ever seen.

I was totally and completely charmed by this movie. So much so that my next vacation had to be in the Dordogne region of France where I could visit the very castle in this fairy tale. I play the DVD often. I listen to the CD of the beautiful music George Fenton composed for this movie. Andy Tennant directed with just the right proportion of reality (beautiful cinematography, costumes, period backgrounds) and fantasy (slightly over the top acting and hauntingly beautiful music) to create the ultimate Cinderella story. Drew Barrymore is as charmingly beautiful as she was in The Wedding Singer. Angelica Huston's nasty character is a pleasure to watch. And how about that guttural, mealy mouth with rotting teeth - Pierre La Pieu! If this is a chick flick then I'm a weird looking hairy armed "chick" because I love this movie.

I must have been beamed up to a flying saucer at the exact period when I was watching this movie because it feels now that I'm back on earth among the human race again, that I have a totally different view of this film than everyone else. I hated it. It must be me, after reading so many positive reviews praising this film and how it has had a profound effect on them, I feel I must see this movie again for a re-appraisal. What I do remember, before being abducted, was that Fight Club started out so powerfully, I was amazed at the writing. It came out swinging. You knew this wasn't going to be a run-of-the-mill script. Then the story settled into a long drawn out fight after fight sequence that completely turned me off. Not because of the violence. Hey, I'm a Rambo film kinda guy, but just the sheer stupidity of it all. I'm now a bit confused. So many others saw something special in all this that I'm not ready to rate this movie until I force myself to sit through another viewing.