Made Beethoven look like...

A fool?

A stray person?

A comical figure?

A near descendant of apes?

A hairy, repulsive fellow?



I like this movie for it's chance to escape reality.
But if your not in the right mood, it quickly tends to leave a bad taste in your mouth.
The movie is somewhat comparable to a caricature of a tragic figure, not in the process making it more powerful, but simply a fool of a powerful tragedy. Putting the mockery on itself.