My favorite movie of all time is Amadeus, which sets this fictionalized biography of Mozart for a giant fail in comparison. Amadeo plays out Mozart's life in parallel to an unknown half-brother named Maladeo. The author tells us up front the story is his attempt to make a statement about fame, art, talent and culture, but frankly I didn't see much point to what actually landed on the page and was left with an overwhelming feeling of meh.

The art is a cartoony minimalist style with extremely shaky line work that actually worked fairly well. The same squiggly quality was applied to the lettering and that was less successful. ( )