The Pianist

Focus Features | Release Date: December 27, 2002

8.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 528 Ratings

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JumpmanJan 9, 2016

It is real it raw it is imminent and moving, the acting is stellar the storyline is ok and paces with historical facts but it is not as appealing as a movie as i had hoped

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DaveC.Sep 24, 2005

Can't go wrong with Adrien Brody, whose performance is, at once, intense and sympathetic, yet the character he is playing is little more than a void in the film, where we should in fact be thinking of him as the protagonist. Many Can't go wrong with Adrien Brody, whose performance is, at once, intense and sympathetic, yet the character he is playing is little more than a void in the film, where we should in fact be thinking of him as the protagonist. Many sections of the film are risible where the ought to be taken seriously and at other times, I wasn't even convinced. The piano playing sequences are pretentious and obvious and the rest of the film feels like a missed opportunity. Why doesn't it tackle issues like the prejudices of slavic poles towards the jews. I never got the sense of what it might have felt like to be jew. Polanski has evidently been more pre-occupied with making a crowd-pleasing thrill ride. What a waste.… Expand

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