Juliet Stevenson, Jonathan Miller, Julian Rachlin, Imogen Cooper
Filmmaker Phil Grabsky speaks with the most celebrated orchestras and musicians on the planet to explore the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the first-ever feature-length documentary about the 18th... read more 
DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005
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September 28, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
August 4, 2007
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
More rewarding musically than cinematically.
July 20, 2007
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Educational, but not exactly inspiring. Full Review
July 20, 2007
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Setting the record straight literally and figuratively, In Search of Mozart is an adamantly linear, myth-busting stride through a prodigiously talented life.
July 3, 2007
Joe Leydon, Variety
Long before the midway point, the sheer volume of verbiage becomes oppressive and repetitive. Full Review
May 18, 2007
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Phil Grabsky's eloquent documentary In Search of Mozart seems certain to delight music lovers yet also engages the attention of one woefully lacking in knowledge and appreciation of classical music. Full Review
May 4, 2007
Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe
Most of the color and zest among the movie's many talking heads comes from the refreshingly irreverent opera director Jonathan Miller. Full Review
April 13, 2007
Andrew Panter, Chicago Sun-Times
Perhaps because [director] Grabsky is a filmmaker first he has discovered ways to discard conventions and show on screen what is visually interesting about making music -- its physicality. Full Review
April 12, 2007
John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
No more important, or more beautifully filmed, documentary about Mozart's life and music has emerged from the Mozart Year 2006 than writer-director Phil Grabsky's In Search of Mozart. Full Review
March 31, 2011
Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star
Perhaps the neatest thing about Phil Grabsky's In Search of Mozart is that after watching it for more than two hours your first impulse is to rush to the Internet and download a slew of Mozart recordi... Full Review
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