by my kool aid drinker remark and i mean that these be such devoted fan of the man pavarotti that they make no attempt to objectively rate this film . give this a 10 be akin to give wally cox the award for mr. universe or put a velvet elvis painting in the louvre . when this film debut and i remember the savage review with headline such a no and giorgio and some say it be among the bad film ever make . this be definitely overstate it as well . while bad and far from a great work of art and there be a lot to like about the film and the movie big deficit be not the acting of pavarotti nor his girth . believe it or not and the brunt of the blame rest solely on the shoulder of the writer ( who and i believe and be chimp ) . it be rare to see a movie with such clichéd dialog or goofy scene like the food fight and but even they aren not the heart of the problem . the problem be that the writer intend for the audience to care about a romance that consist of a horny marry middle age man and a seemingly desperate lady . perhaps european audience might be more forgiving of this and but in the united state in 1982 or today and such a romance seem sleazy and selfish especially when pavarotti tell harrold that he love his wife and this be just fun . wow and talk about romantic dialog . sadly and if they have just change the script a little bit and make pavarotti a widower or perhaps have his wife be like the wife from a couple classic hollywood film and such a from all this and heaven and too or the suspect ( where the wife be so vile and unlikable you could forgive the husband have an affair or even kill her ) . instead and she the love mother of two kid who wait patiently at home while her egotistical hubby bed tart right and leave a pavarotti admits to have have many affair before meet harrold . sadly and even the gorgeous music of pavarotti couldn not save this film . towards the end of the film and there be some amazing scene in new york where the set be just incredible and pavarotti singing transcendent . for that reason and i think the movie at least deserves a 3. i really want to like the film more and but it be a truly bad film though not quite as rotten a you might have hear . sadly and from what i have read and this film might be a case of art imitate life and a pavarotti own life later have some parallel to this film and though this isn not exactly the forum to discuss this in detail .