Pianomania
First Run Features | Release Date: November 4, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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91
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerNov 6, 2011
Pianomania is the thoroughly apt title for a thoroughly enjoyable documentary. Read full review
80
Time OutSam AdamsNov 1, 2011
When sitting through this detail-heavy documentary, nonaficionados may feel like they're watching paint dry, albeit in the company of an artist who savors each and every shade. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierNov 1, 2011
Stefan Knüpfer's subtle charisma feels more suited to a beefily human New Yorker article than a documentary film. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisNov 3, 2011
Although there's more romance in "Buck," a classic American survivor story in the triumphant individual vein, in Pianomania the very dry, very accomplished Mr. Knüpfer makes engaging company both because he keeps enviable company and because he's a full-on geek, though one possessed by pianos. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 3, 2011
As Pianomania gradually reveals, Knüpfer is able to do this so well because he is as much of a crazed perfectionist as the pianists themselves, maybe even more so. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithNov 4, 2011
It has a pleasing smallness -- it's cinematic chamber music -- that almost makes you overlook its inability to really explain its subject. Read full review
40
Village VoiceBrian MillerNov 1, 2011
Directors Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis fail to plumb their subject's frustrations or any other insightful biographical details. Read full review
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