Pavarotti

critic Reviews

, 87% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Pavarotti pays entertaining tribute to a towering cultural figure with a documentary whose evident affection for its subject proves contagious.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Clarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
    The film offers such a rich array of archival footage, interviews, and candid photography that it's no struggle to put together a picture of the kind of man Pavarotti was.
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    Stephen RomeiThe Australian
    I walked out of this movie feeling good, which I think is the gift Pavarotti returned to everyone.
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    Paul ByrnesSydney Morning Herald
    Director Ron Howard knows how to make it emotional and appealing, to make us love the man as well as the extraordinary voice, as he skims the surface of a grand life and career.
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    Rupert ChristiansenDaily Telegraph (UK)
    Those who want their image of Pavarotti left intact will enjoy the film; others will feel that a chance to put the record straight has been evaded.
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    Peter BradshawGuardian
    What a dull nostalgiafest.
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    Scott MarksSan Diego Reader
    See it, if for no other reason than to learn the significance of his characteristic white hankie.
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    Tom BeasleyVultureHound
    A useful primer for those unfamiliar with Pavarotti's career and works as a charming trip down memory lane for people who are already fans.
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    Joanne LaurierWorld Socialist Web Site
    One of the film's most compelling moments, aside from "Nessun Dorma," is the performance of The Three Tenors, Pavarotti, Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras...
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    Dennis SchwartzDennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
    An acceptable but nevertheless disappointing conventional biopic.
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    Fausto FernandezFotogramas
    A lyrical scale that Ron Howard harmonizes to the greater glory of Luciano Pavarotti. [Full Review in Spanish]
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