Perfect

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2009)

I have not seen many films that centre on the events of the holocaust, but I did approach this movie with a sense that it will portray its Germans in a light too poor and its victims in a light too necessary. So I had no high, or even low expectations for this movie that differ from the norm.
I sat for two and a half hours, and wept; the film is beautiful. At times ithad hurt to watch the most brutal scenes. But at most it was heart wrenching; the signature scene hit a raw nerve. The scenes in which piano music plays to dull the pain of the brutality Władysław Szpilman sees are pleasing.
10/10 stars, I recommend it. At parts it ired me, but most of all taught me something I never thought I would get in watching a holocaust movie, something I needn't state, which is what makes this film different from every other holocaust movie I have, and probably will, ever see.