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Goya's Ghosts
Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army, the film tells the story of painter Francisco Goya who faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
20 June 1976, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1961, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
29 May 1961, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
December 13, 1923 in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
24 May 1931, Paris, France
1 October 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
September 07, 2007
Goya gets lost as the filmmakers turn Spanish history into a chronicle of easy contemporary targets. They don't just hit the social-political bull's-eye -- they obliterate it with a cannon and inadvertently scorch the dramatic landscape all around it.August 03, 2007
Misery, misery, misery.August 08, 2007
A modern sensibility afflicts much of the screenplay, with characters expressing thoughts and opinions for our ears rather than acting as people of that era.October 10, 2007
A storyline that turns so silly, you half-expect Mel Brooks to show up reprising his "Inquisition" musical number from History of the World Part I.August 27, 2009
Cumbersome and often stilted, Goya's Ghosts remains a worthy dramaDecember 16, 2010
Intense historical epic is for adults only.August 23, 2007
Think of it as an Amadeus that doesn't work.December 21, 2007
Goya, aqui, é o coadjuvante de luxo de uma história que não faz jus nem mesmo aos seus protagonistas.August 09, 2007
It's a richly seen and felt movie, but not one with a feel-good message.August 03, 2007
A punishing misfire.August 24, 2007
Captures the essence of the period -- an intriguing, backward era in Spain -- but without the emotional impact that such a film requires.January 19, 2014
A ridiculous biopic of the great Spanish artist.