The Piano Plays to the Heart

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 1998)

Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin and Harvey Keitel each deliver perhaps their greatest performances ever. Jane Campion's direction and the magnificent score add to this to present one of the finest films ever made, and perhaps the greatest ever by a woman. I believe The Piano, like many other classics, will be given its due after enough time has passed. I think that the 1990's is the wrong decade for it to receive its full credit, but when the time ripens, it will be seen as one of the best.