The Piano (1993)
A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses to move her beloved piano, giving it to neighbor George Baines, who agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons. As desire swirls around the duo, the wilderness consumes the European enclave.
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Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
The Piano is a fantastic melodrama love story I've ever seen. The story and the acting are great. Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin really did deserve their oscars. At some parts of the movie, I thought Baines was a jerk at first because of wanting to make love with Ada, then later on Stewart became a jerk. The moment where he chopped her finger off scared me so much that I cried. New Zealand makes me think of my many trips down there mainly in the north island. I highly recommend this film. It's terrific.
I've never seen a more pretentious piece of rubbish. All symbolism, no substance. It may be the most overrated movie in the history of film.
Trouble in paradise develops as a newly married mute piano player and a rough farmhand forms a bond over a piano off the coast of New Zealand. The Piano is a great example of an autopilot Oscar-bait film that sadly felt dated today. It just felt very clunky and lacks a visual language to further its simplistic story line about betrayal and self-discovery. In addition, a very questionable romantic/jovial tone somewhat diminish its self-discovery story line and somewhat makes me not take the film very seriously. Nevertheless, the film boast great cinematography and fabulous acting from Hunter, Neill and Keitel. I just wished this film was given a different direction. Very disappointing for a Cannes and Oscars BP Winner[2.5/5]
This is the first time I have made the effort to write a review for IMDb. The poor quality of this movie, The Piano, led me to make the effort. I agree entirely with the review written by lotus_chief, titled "One of the worst movies I've ever seen!", so I won't repeat all of that. There is very very little substance to any of the characters. To whatever extent there is anything to the characters or to the plot, they amount to a miasma of contradictions. The movie doesn't make you think. There isn't any message in this Rorschach-test of a movie other than whatever the viewer decides to read into it. It's a pretentious mess.