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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf Mr. Shicoff ultimately comes across as a short-tempered, egotistical prima donna, the upshot of all the fuss is worth it: his Viennese performance is transcendent.
- 70The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannA bit scattery, but it simmers with Shicoff's intensity in lending his faith and being to the role.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghHer heavy-handed montage of war, civil rights demonstrations, revolutions and KKK gatherings, intercut with Shicoff's delivery of the opera's devastating fourth-act aria, is so amateurish it very nearly succeeds in trivializing the power of his performance.
- 50VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellWill be of keen interest to fans but plays to the unwashed as cringingly pompous.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBut compared to great documentaries about the process behind performance-"Last Dance" and "Original Cast Album: Company" spring to mind-Finding Eléazar is too choppy and fussy.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanBecause his self-conscious musings are given so much space, it helps to arrive at the movie already awed by Shicoff's talents so you can overlook his (and this dramatically unfocused film's) flaws.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA promotional video masquerading as a documentary.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceOnly true opera diehards will appreciate the backstage psychodrama, a catalog aria of the singer's multiple neuroses.