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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 159 Fresh: 53  Rotten:106 Average Rating: 5/10
 
Consensus: The music of the night has hit something of a sour note: Critics are calling the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular musical histrionic, boring, and lacking in both romance and danger. Still, some have praised the film for... The music of the night has hit something of a sour note: Critics are calling the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular musical histrionic, boring, and lacking in both romance and danger. Still, some have praised the film for its sheer spectacle. more
 
Rated: 12A
Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins
Theatrical Release: 10-12-2004
Synopsis:
Those who thought that smoke machines and cobwebbed candelabras were the stuff of Halloween parties and dance clubs need to think again. In Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, these moody set devices--and countless... [More]
Those who thought that smoke machines and cobwebbed candelabras were the stuff of Halloween parties and dance clubs need to think again. In Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, these moody set devices--and countless others--make every scene an atmospheric vision of souped-up 19th-century Gothic bliss. Christine Daee (a luminescent Emmy Rossum) is a tortured young star who is haunted by the voice of the phantom (Gerard Butler--who also played the lead in DRACULA 2000), a musician who hides in the shadows to hide a facial disfigurement, yet sings to her obsessively. Dwelling in the dark, damp chambers beneath the Paris opera house, the phantom lords over the cast and management with artistic autocracy--he writes the shows, casts them, and threatens all who disobey his plans with dramatically violent outbursts. But when his young student Christine falls for the rich and dapper Raoul (Patrick Wilson), the phantom descends into madness. Webber's memorable songs are performed with aplomb by Rossum, whose background includes singing with the Metropolitan Opera, and Wilson and Butler provide ample accompaniment. One of the treats of the proceedings is Minnie Driver's deeply exaggerated portrayal of the jealous diva, giving this PHANTOM a very appropriate dose of comic relief. [Less]

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Minnie Driver, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson

Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joel Schumacher
Producer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 10, 2008

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Blue BD Case
  • Widescreen - 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French (Quebec)
  • Subtitles - English SDH, English, French, Spanish - Optional
  • Closed Captioned - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurettes - 1. "Behind the Mask: The Story of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"
  • 2. "No One Would Listen: Additional Scene"
  • 3. "The Making of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in 3 Spellbinding Acts: Preproduction, The Director, Production"

Interactive Features:

  • Singalong

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03/07/05 03:46 AM
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Despite the combined talents of Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler, its tragic love story between an opera-singing novice and her disfigured mentor is horrifically bloated with theatrical gestures and falsetto dialogue.

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12/09/04 10:15 PM
Matthew Turner
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Unless you're a die-hard devotee of the stage version, you'll probably find this film both excruciatingly overblown and annoyingly undercooked.

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11/28/04 10:44 PM
Rich Cline
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Fantastic sets, costumes, great art direction and imaginative camera work make this a visually stunning film. The musical score, not so much.

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04/10/08 01:25 PM
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11/01/07 03:15 AM
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Without a proper Phantom, the entire enterprise sags monumentally, and, unfortunately, Butler is a disaster here.

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03/01/07 03:43 AM
David Noh
Film Journal International
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Most fans are bound to be disappointed to some degree, and non-aficionados of musical theater will find it tedious and silly. Do yourself a favor and see this on stage

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09/01/06 02:37 PM
Russ Breimeier
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07/30/05 03:57 AM
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Deserves to be locked up in a dank, water-filled dungeon and left to molder.

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05/03/05 05:20 PM
Nick Schager
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Tecnicamente impecável; no entanto, a adaptação medíocre de Weber não justifica mais de duas horas de projeção para apenas três canções aceitáveis (e Butler não sabe cantar).

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04/19/05 11:24 PM
Pablo Villaca
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The movie is so overblown, so much is meant to dazzle the eye, that it overwhelms the characters and the music.

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04/19/05 12:35 AM
John J. Puccio
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Fans of the musical "The Phantom of the Opera", however, will find plenty to like in this filmic adaptation but its faults could have easily sunk the entire production.

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04/17/05 03:16 AM
Wesley Lovell
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'Pésele a quien le pese, es una de las mejores películas del 2004. Injustamente ignorada en Estados Unidos pero que el tiempo seguramente la convertirá en un clásico'

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04/04/05 09:05 PM
Jorge Avila Andrade
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is... a shallow, giftless dilettante whose hackneyed McOperas are an embarrassment to the art form.

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03/23/05 08:06 AM
John W. Bowen
Rue Morgue Magazine
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If you can get on its dank and heavy wavelength, the whole project is so aesthetically rich that it manages to transcend that it’s, at heart, a lot of dressed-up goofiness.

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03/01/05 04:48 PM
Mark Palermo
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(Joel Schumacher) tenía ganas de hacer un musical y se sacó las ganas; sólo que no bastaba con poner gente cantando envuelta en trajes brillantes.

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Enrique Buchichio
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