May not be everyone's cup of tea, yet it's subtle and sentimental enough for a watch.

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2009)

These days I'm use to seeing Holly Hunter on TV as a raw and sexy bad girl bed hopping cop in "Saving Grace" So clearly that's made me a fan of hers. Holly is a fine actress so it was only fitting that I watch the 1993 film "The Piano" that she starred in and won an Oscar for best actress. I must say the performance was good and the type of character she played made it award material. Still I found this film a little slow moving, maybe it was because of her characters disability. Anyway her inspiration and sentimental feel make it a watch.
Set in 1850's New Zeland Hunter is Ada a young woman who's mute and her biggest passion in life is playing the piano. Conflict will arise in Ada's life as her husband(Sam Neill)will cross ways with his intense neighbor(Harvey Keitel). Only Ada's husband will find out that she and her piano playing has turned on their neighbor not only emotionally but sexually also. Tense passions of erotic feel and love erupts. Only in the end the true passion will be seen as the piano was her one true love that will last. Not really a great film in my book it's a watch for Hunter fans, and it's point is proved that a person can have more of a lasting love with an object or instrument more than they can with a person.