Unbelievably dreadful

Rating: 3/10 (23 June 2000)

Before "The Piano", I'd seen no fewer than 3 of Jane Campion's films. They were fantastic. This was not.
Spoke with my mother shortly after she (an intelligent woman who has now played/taught piano for over 60 years) saw it. Being very English, her response was; "Maybe I just didn't get it." In American that means worse than pathetic. If it hadn't been for her opinion, I would have gone back to see it again certain that I'd just missed the boat or been in the wrong mood.
But with this one, I'll have to resort to the same line I normally use with people who think that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Downey, Jr are fine actors: As long as you enjoy it, that's all that matters.