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  • 2007
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary Goya’s Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. 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 captures the essence of beauty of Goya’s work which is best known for both the...

Directed By: Milos Forman

Written By: Jean-Claude Carrière, Milos Forman

  • 2007
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 53 m

Goya's Ghosts

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
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Summary Goya’s Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. 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 captures the essence of beauty of Goya’s work which is best known for both the...

Directed By: Milos Forman

Written By: Jean-Claude Carrière, Milos Forman

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
52
36% Positive
9 Reviews
52% Mixed
13 Reviews
12% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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52% Mixed
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12% Negative
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75
There is so little emotionally or intellectually at stake in most popular entertainment that Goya's Ghosts, Milos Forman's challenging, compelling and wildly uneven film, shoots like a cannonball into the solar plexus. I can't remember when I've been so physically and mentally shattered.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
70
Far from an embarrassment and a generally fine piece of work.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
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54% Positive
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38% Mixed
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8% Negative
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63
Although the period feeling is convincing, Forman doesn't seem to know exactly what he wants to say about this intensely complex era - and that leaves his cast floundering.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Whatever the faults of Goya's Ghosts -- and there are several -- you've got to hand it to director Milos Forman: It takes real chutzpah to cast Randy Quaid as the king of Spain.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
50
Handsome but stilted.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
42
If Forman is trying to communicate that art isn't an effective way to change American society, he's proved his point neatly with this muddled, wandering dud.
By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW
25
In a season of digital bombast, it can be a relief to walk into a stodgy life-of-the-great-man costume drama. Goya's Ghosts, before it turns into a messy, horse-drawn load, achieves a civilized stuffiness that gives off its own mild pleasure.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
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Production Company The Saul Zaentz Company, Kanzaman, Antena 3 Televisión, Xuxa Producciones S.L.
Release Date Jul 20, 2007
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating R
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Tagline Tell me what the truth is
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Awards

Goya Awards
• 3 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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