Pavarotti

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Pavarotti

PG-13

Released Jun 7, 2019

1h 54m

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Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

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Pavarotti pays entertaining tribute to a towering cultural figure with a documentary whose evident affection for its subject proves contagious.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

The film offers such a rich array of archival footage, interviews, and candid photography that it's no struggle to put together a picture of the kind of man Pavarotti was.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 10, 2020

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

I walked out of this movie feeling good, which I think is the gift Pavarotti returned to everyone.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 25, 2019

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Director Ron Howard knows how to make it emotional and appealing, to make us love the man as well as the extraordinary voice, as he skims the surface of a grand life and career.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 22, 2019

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Tom Beasley

VultureHound

A useful primer for those unfamiliar with Pavarotti's career and works as a charming trip down memory lane for people who are already fans.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 16, 2020

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

One of the film's most compelling moments, aside from "Nessun Dorma," is the performance of The Three Tenors, Pavarotti, Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras...

Aug 6, 2020

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An acceptable but nevertheless disappointing conventional biopic.

Rated: B

Feb 24, 2020

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Iain M

What comes across in spades from this film is the beauty of this man, and I think whether deliberately or not, it hinted that his astonishingly powerful voice was borne out of having a beautiful soul. There were few sad moments throughout this film, and yet tears were pouring down my face for most of it, Pavarotti's voice reaching into my very core. Ron Howard knows his subject, and as far as I am concerned, he knows his audience too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Great informative film, the presence of bono spoiled it though.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Loved every minute of this film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Documentaries, especially those about Opera and singing, can be dull. Ron Howard, again, has taken the icon Pavarotti and made it a very entertaining film. It makes you want to learn more about the artist and the voice of the century

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01/13/23

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Audience Member

It was beautifully done. The music was of course fantastic. The context seemed to cover some of the great events in his life and was extremely moving. I laughed, cried and swooned (because I love his singing).

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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It’s a documentary basically but he was a fascinating character and I learned so much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/20

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Synopsis

Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

Director: Ron Howard
Producer: Nigel Sinclair, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg, Jeanne Elfant Festa
Screenwriter: Mark Monroe
Distributor: CBS Films
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|A War Related Image)
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 7, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.6M
Runtime: 1h 54m

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