Mind numbing.

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2003)

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I must admit, I'm interested in this piece of history and thats why I watch this. This is not your average Roman Polanski film. He's a great director, but he finally directed something that everyone loves.

The movie itself is not a tear jerker. I doubt one tear dropped my eyes.
The movie I don't think is set up to be a tear jerker. But it is numbing. Being numb and shocked kinda screw a person up.
The movie seems quite real. Circling around the experiences of this pianist. It's rather subtle in it's approach. It slowly gets you hooked and when it does, the jewish world goes to hell in poland.
There was one gap in the storyline I couldn't figure out and that was the lack of information as to what happened to his girlfriend. It says she was captured. But she disappeared into the background. Clearly the important person in the movie is to be the pianist.
9/10
Quality: 10/10 Entertainment: 10/10 Replayable: 5/10