Marie Féret as "Mozart's Sister"
“MOZART’S SISTER” My rating: C (Opening Nov. 4 at the Tivoli)
120 minutes | No MPAA rating
The very title — “Mozart’s Sister” — suggests the film’s approach.
This is the story of a woman — Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart — whose public identity will be irrevocably chained to that of her famous sibling. No matter what her own accomplishments, she will always be viewed through the distorting lens of little brother Wolfgang, perhaps the greatest musical genius of all time.
René Féret’s film is a lushly produced look at 18th-century life that undoubtedly will prove a bit of cultural catnip for Mozart lovers ever on the prowl for new insights into an immensely talented family.
But despite its feminist take on the material, “Mozart’s Sister” is a surprisingly nonengaging affair: slow-moving, almost painfully formal and generating little or no emotional juice.
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