Rent Goya's Ghosts (2006)
3.4 of 5 from 121 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
- It is 1792 in Spain and through the eyes of the great Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard) unfolds the story of a group of people caught up in the brutal later years of the Spanish Inquisition, the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army and the restoration of the Spanish monarchy by Wellington's powerful invading army. Javier Bardem is Brother Lorenzo, an enigmatic, cunning member of the Inquisition's inner circle who becomes involved with Goya's teenage muse, Ines (Natalie Portman), when she is falsely accused of heresy, sent to prison and the horrors begin...
- Actors:
- Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid, José Luis Gómez, Michael Lonsdale, Blanca Portillo, Mabel Rivera, Unax Ugalde, Fernando Tielve, David Calder, Frank Baker, Ramón Langa, Manuel de Blas, Andrés Lima, Emilio Linder, José María Sacristán, Wael Al-Moubayed, Simón Andreu, Jack Taylor
- Directors:
- Milos Forman
- Writers:
- Milos Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (3) of Goya's Ghosts
Not quite three stars - Goya's Ghosts review by CP Customer
The preview gives a hint of the film it could have been. Despite a famous director, good individual performances from the actors and powerful historical and emotional material somehow it just didn't hang together. Too slow at the start and then too much history crammed into too little time may have been one of the problems.
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Sweeping historical thriller/drama - Goya's Ghosts review by Alphaville
Epic historical saga has all the twists and turns of a thriller. Even the occasional mis-step adds to the excitement. Artist Goya (Stellan Skarsgard) spends the movie trying to negotiate the contrasting threats of the Spanish Inquisition and the Napoleonic Wars. But the heart of the movie lies with Javier Bardem (initially a priest) and Natalie Portman (Goya’s model) and their devastating journeys through the years. It’s a rollercoaster of a film that will keep you glued to see what happens next and will stay with you afterwards.
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A beautiful failure worth watching - Goya's Ghosts review by zc
Beautiful and evocative to look at, but doesn't seem to shed any light on Goya and not too much more on what was a very turbulent and interesting time. Lorenzo's is the most interesting character but it remains more hinted at than explored and the plot, while it may actually get less improbable as time goes on, never really seems to amount to much beyond a sequence of semi-incredible events. But then this is an incredible era. Maybe some day we'll see a director's cut that will restore some much-needed substance to this film, but as it is it seems as though the execution (not a pun) hasn't quite matched the concept. Nonetheless, I would say it's worth watching. I saw it some years ago and, like many of Forman's films, it sticks in my mind.
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