The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Already renowned as a master sculptor, Michelangelo is commanded by Pope Julius II to paint the ceiling of his Sistine Chapel, and he reluctantly accepts the commission. Based on Irving Stone's best-selling novel, "The Agony and the Ecstasy" is a thin retelling of the artist's creative struggle and his verbal sparring with the Pope.

I cannot but feel that Carol Reed's film has been too harshly judged. It is not a masterpiece by any means but a noble attempt to depict 'Genius'.

Nauseating piety is splashed across the screen in garish Technicolor in this plodding dud from 1965 that takes its sweet time in going nowhere.Charlton Heston is hairy and sweaty as famed sculptor Michelangelo and Rex Harrison is Pope Julius II as played by Henry Higgins.