The Piano Sinks.....And Thats No Bad Thing

Rating: 4/10 (14 February 2013)

The Piano is 121 minutes, but it feels like a 3 hour movie. My opinion of this over-rated bunkum, is that it IS over-rated bunkum. I read a few reviews and there are many who feel that this is an art movie. Believe me, this is very far from being art-house. Its that old love triangle, which has been done more times than there are stars in the sky. So, what is it that makes some professional reviewers go weak at the knees after they watch this ? Well there is the voice-over from the mute. A mute talking is so breathtaking...i must give this an extra star. (Thinks the reviewer). It is a grim film to sit through. Just mud and Kiwis..and not a laugh in site. I do concede that the acting and the camera work are both very good, but what we have here is a director who was so intensely trying to make this great---she forgot the fundamentals of movie making. Make it for the public..don't make it for yourself.