this isn not exactly a complicated story . it not a mystery and or a plot you have to spend time re watching because you miss an intrinsic part of the dialog . claim a movie have to be see multiple time for you to get it may apply to a very few film and however this isn not one of them . those type of movie have substance and be so involve it easy to miss an important portion of dialog and or a subtle nuance to plot detail you may have overlook . with goya ghost this doesn not apply . the main flaw in this movie be an absence of detail . it jump from one character to the next and never give enough substance to any one set of scene to allow the involvement of those watch . because of that you do not connect with any of the character . you do not get to the point where you care . either the main actor be go just a the movie seem it go to redeem itself and or their action be despicable and youre not incline to anyway . goya refusal to go very far to help ines be a good example . his refusal to commit himself further mirror the overall tone of his part . the only character you may momentarily feel for be ines and when she be question and then torture . after her rape by lorenzo any focus on her character be pretty much go . follow that the only other in depth involvement come from the best scene in the movie center around lorenzo invitation to supper with ines family and and her father all out attempt to force lorenzo into sign a bogus confession and get his daughter back . then just a thing start to be develop again and theyre go from the movie . i have read a lot of the comment here about how the movie do not know what it want to be and etc . i find that basically it succeed in not be much of anything . from lorenzo return and the coincidental viewing of ines daughter by goya and everything seem nothing more than contrive . without much of a storyline and no effort to really examine the turbulent time they live in take place . the essence of who goya be do not materialize and other than his action and or lack thereof and prove him to be more self center than anything else . a for his art and the movie seem intent on examine a few of the painting he do but again fritter away another opportunity in examine the reaction to this work rather than the work itself . to sum thing up best and the movie have no cohesion and it grossly lack the substance to delve into the historical environment it cover and and upon end and leave you feel like what you would just see be a series of aborted attempt to engage the viewer by switch from one thing to the next without adequately engage the viewer in any of them . you can not watch something like this several time expect it to improve with added examination . there just not enough to it to waste the time . it not a case of your miss out on something and it would just be more proof that the ingredient need to make this movie good and just aren not there . a for best film ever make . it not even the best film i have watch today .