Terry Hunter reviews MARIA

Updated: Dec. 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM HST
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The new NETFLIX movie, MARIA, stars Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas, the most famous opera singer of the 20th century. Callas died of a heart attack in 1977 at the age of 53, and in this beautifully shot film, Director Pablo Larrain imagines what the last week of her life may have been like. Angelina Jolie give a superb performance as the opera diva whose elegant style and arrogant behavior conceal the vulnerability and pain she experienced in her final days. We see both her memories of triumph and her drug induced hallucinations as she comes to realize that the powerful voice that made her a legend has all but disappeared.