An average movie

Since I have always been a fan of Milos Forman's work, I was really eager to check this movie and I think it took me about 10 years to finally see the damned thing. Well, I wish I could say it was worth waiting for so long but I 'm afraid the whole thing turned out to be rather disappointing. First of all, even though I didn’t mind the international cast,  I think it was a rather odd choice to have a Swedish actor to play this Spanish master. However, it wasn't even the biggest issue here. No, the main problem I had is that the story was just a mess. Indeed, it was basically about the rise and fall of the Spanish inquisition, the invasion of Spain by Napoleon, the rise and fall and rise and fall of a Spanish priest and some family melodrama involving a poor girl being tortured and put in prison for many years for something completely ridiculous. Obviously, with all this going on, it was rather tricky to add Goya in the mix and the guy just shows up from time and time without having much impact on the proceedings.  At least, the whole thing looked fine and the actors involved were pretty good (especially Javier Bardem) but it was certainly not enough. Anyway, to conclude, I think I'm being rather generous with my rating here but I guess it is still worth a look, especially if you're interested in Milos Forman's work.

6/10