Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

didi-5 By far the best thing about 'The Great Caruso' is not its stodgy script or its slightly silly plot (not very likely that much of this equates to the true story of Enrico Caruso, the first opera star to have his voice immortalised for all time), but the first rate singing throughout. Mario Lanza of course was a great asset to MGM through the late 1940s and early 1950s, with a fabulous voice and an attractive personality on the screen. This film also gives us the opportunity to see the lovely Dorothy Kirsten, who seems to have made very few films, and a sweet performance from Ann Blyth as the main love interest for Caruso.We watch the young Enrico (played with charm by Peter Edward Price) grow into an enterprising young man who realises his voice is potentially his fortune. As the young talent flourishes and develops we follow his rise to fame through to his eventual inevitable ending. I didn't get much sense that the character we were seeing in this film was 'Caruso'; having heard his recordings he projected a very different personality than that we see in Lanza; still, this production is entertaining enough.

Yalara Mario Lanza was wonderful in the lead role, with a voice like an angel, however, the movie itself lacked something as a biography.There was very little mention of the great tenor's true life and death, leading you to believe that his father-in-law was a total jerk. No mention whatsoever was made of his two illigitimate sons, which would have made a difference when viewing his personality. Caruso truly was a peasant, and not a proper husband to a socialite.They would have you believe that he valiantly finished his performance as he died, when in reality, he probably died in bed.I would only watch this movie a second time for the brilliant musical performances.

John M. Clones Good Opera Movie. Did not depict Caruso's womonizing. Was an accurate portrail of Caruso's life. Some of Caruso's contemporaries who were not portrayed were Feodor Challiapin, Geraldine Farrar, Amalita Galli-Curci, John McCormack and Arturo Toscanini. One question is are there any recordings of Jean DeReszke? Three survive of his younger brother Edouard DeReszke who was a basso. The opera singers of that day sound different thatn they do today.

Billy-34 I loved this film and it's both moving and well acted. Lanza's best film I think...he really is terrific and his co-stars as well. Rent this or buy it...it's that good.