The Piano (1993)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 40 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Synopsis: This controversially erotic film from New Zealand established screenwriter-director Jane Campion as a universally recognized talent. Holly Hunter stars as Ada, a mute 19th-century woman sent to New Zealand in an arranged marriage with a patriarchal landowner (Sam Neill). She brings... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
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It's often incorrectly reduced to a feminist fable, but the scope of Jane Campion's achievement is broader. If anything The Piano is a masterwork of humanism.
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05/15/08
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03/31/08
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What linger in memory are the fable's surreal imagery and attention to detail, capturing a place and time--New Zealand outpost in 19th century--in which one mute person (the brilliant Holly Hunter) finds the true meaning of womanhood against all odds.
06/10/07
Sweetie and An Angel at My Table have taught us to expect startling as well as beautiful things from Jane Campion, and this assured and provocative third feature (1993) offers yet another lush parable.
05/10/07
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Campion never underestimates the power physical obsession exerts over human souls, and, for once, a modern film treats erotic passion honestly.
06/24/06
Campion's pet themes and ideas never came together with more physical clarity and emotional resonance than they did with her 1993 masterpiece.
06/14/04
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One of the best movies i've ever seen!
by: JediKnight 7/23/03
by: JediKnight 7/23/03
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