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Goya's Ghosts Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Goya's Ghosts is like the sketchbook Goya might have made with a camera.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJonathan Holland

  Ambitious script is stranded between entertainment and intellectualism, leaving us with a magnificent folly, thoroughly watchable for its visuals but ultimately hollow.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Lavish production and wardrobe design, as well as beautiful cinematography by Javier Aguirresarobe make Goya's Ghosts lovely to look at, but as a portrait of the artist, the movie is a letdown.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Below-the-line credits are terrific, which only increases an overwhelming sense of disappointment with the film's failed ambitions.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York Times

  An unwieldy mix of political satire and lavish period soap opera.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  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.

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