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- 2006
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 44 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 44 m
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.
Directed By: Agnieszka Holland
Written By: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
- 2006
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 44 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 44 m
Copying Beethoven
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7.2
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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.
Directed By: Agnieszka Holland
Written By: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
59
45% Positive
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9 Reviews
45% Mixed
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10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
59
45% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The movie is completely beguiling, and it delivers joy, the beautiful spark of the gods.
Has one knockout sequence: the deaf maestro conducting his Ninth Symphony as Anna coaches from the wings. It goes on for what seems a whole reel, but it's so sublime it seems too short and, by itself, could stand as one of the greatest classic music videos ever.
Like an old college wrestler, Harris saunters through this toasty little piece of biographical fiction in love with the part's fixins'.
Shot by Ashley Rowe to look like a cross between a Vermeer retrospective and a music video, Copying Beethoven is silly and misguided, if reasonably entertaining for its charming lack of self-awareness, its weakness for lines like "Loneliness is my religion!" and its transcendently beautiful music.
More music and less melodrama would serve audiences better.
Helmer Agnieszka Holland's Copying Beethoven joins 1994's "Immortal Beloved" in the ranks of mediocre dramatic interpretations of Beethoven's biography.
Holland's empurpled bio-fantasy is hooey with an anachronistic feminist slant from start to finish.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
7.2
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
7.2
75% Positive
9 Ratings
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company
VIP 2 Medienfonds,
Copying Beethoven,
Eurofilm Stúdió
Release Date Nov 10, 2006
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The passion behind the genius
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
