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59 out of 100

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7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Starring: Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Matthew Goode
  • Summary: In this romantic period piece set in Vienna, a young music student and aspiring composer (Kruger) accepts a job as a copyist for Ludwig von Beethoven (Harris) as he works to complete his latest symphony.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    Copying Beethoven has an ace up its sleeve: the wonder and drama of the Ninth Symphony itself (heard here in Bernard Haitink's tremendous 1996 recording with the Royal Concertgebouw).
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    60
    Screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson, best known for the two ponderous biopics "Ali" and "Nixon," deliver a film awkwardly composed.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    Harris can be a brilliant actor, and there are flashes of that here. But he's done in by a script that lacks any subtlety.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. EduardoP.
    10
    Great movie, wonderful argument.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. SeanM.
    10
    Quite a nice movie about the process of making art. Well worth seeing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. NickB.
    3
    Diane Kruger's performance is awful. She ruins the movie. Oddly enough, everything else is absurd and over the top. But her performance is flat and sometimes painful to watch.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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