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- By recreating Inquisition brutality, “Goya’s Ghosts” aims to denounce the West’s bludgeoning response to terrorism. But its rhetorical tactics are jejune; its comparison of 21st-century America and Inquisition-era Spain doesn’t track; and its second half abandons satire for half-baked historical melodrama.
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Powered by JustWatch. Milos Forman's "Goya's Ghosts" is an extraordinarily beautiful film that plays almost like an excuse to generate its images. Like the Goya prints being examined by the good fathers of the Inquisition in the opening scene, the images stand on their own, resisting the pull toward narrative, yet adding up to a portrait of ...
30% Tomatometer 87 Reviews 57% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), a member of the Spanish Inquisition, seeks to curry favor with the Inquisitor General by arresting...
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Goya's Ghosts received poor reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 30% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 87 reviews — with the consensus that "ornate costumes and a talented cast can't make up for Ghosts' glacial pace and confused plot."
- Miloš Forman
- Miloš Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière
Goya's Ghosts is less about the eponymous painter than it is a gripping two-part story of politics and faith during and after the Spanish Inquisition. Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 |...
Jul 20, 2007 · Directed by Milos Forman. Biography, Drama, History. R. 1h 53m. By Matt Zoller Seitz. July 20, 2007. “Goya’s Ghosts,” the new feature from the director Milos Forman (“Amadeus,” “Man on the...
- Matt Zoller Seitz
- Milos Forman
Nov 10, 2006 · 124 User reviews. 75 Critic reviews. 52 Metascore. Awards. 2 wins & 5 nominations. Videos 1. Trailer 2:27. Watch Goya's Ghosts. Photos 73.
Jul 19, 2007 · July 19, 2007 9:00pm. This review was written for the theatrical release of “Goya’s Ghosts.” “Goya’s Ghosts” is a decidedly odd film coming from such a prestigious group of filmmakers...