Cold Summer Nights

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2016)

Trouble in paradise develops as a newly married mute piano player and a rough farmhand forms a bond over a piano off the coast of New Zealand.
The Piano is a great example of an autopilot Oscar-bait film that sadly felt dated today. It just felt very clunky and lacks a visual language to further its simplistic story line about betrayal and self-discovery. In addition, a very questionable romantic/jovial tone somewhat diminish its self-discovery story line and somewhat makes me not take the film very seriously. Nevertheless, the film boast great cinematography and fabulous acting from Hunter, Neill and Keitel. I just wished this film was given a different direction. Very disappointing for a Cannes and Oscars BP Winner[2.5/5]