Grand Piano
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John Anderson
Preposterous, but much anxious fun.
Peter Keough
"Grand Piano" is an ambitious effort that plays dumb.
Robert Abele
Not all the right notes are hit in "Grand Piano," but for an elegantly schizoid B movie, it's more B-sharp than B-flat.
Stephen Holden
Once you accept that "Grand Piano" is B-movie pulp, there's a certain amount of fun to be had. This proudly old-fashioned movie will pull any trick in the book to hold your attention.
Joel Arnold
Grand Piano is a screenwriter's fantasy of a self-conscious Hitchcockian thriller, daringly written, improbably made - and more unbelievably made well.
Peter Travers
This thriller set in a concert hall is a stunt, but a damn good one. Maybe risk hasn't died yet in filmmaking.
Critic reviews
Robert Abele
Not all the right notes are hit in "Grand Piano," but for an elegantly schizoid B movie, it's more B-sharp than B-flat.
Stephen Holden
Once you accept that "Grand Piano" is B-movie pulp, there's a certain amount of fun to be had. This proudly old-fashioned movie will pull any trick in the book to hold your attention.
Joel Arnold
Grand Piano is a screenwriter's fantasy of a self-conscious Hitchcockian thriller, daringly written, improbably made - and more unbelievably made well.
Peter Travers
This thriller set in a concert hall is a stunt, but a damn good one. Maybe risk hasn't died yet in filmmaking.
Joe Neumaier
With nearly a dozen production companies and financiers presenting it, "Piano" is nothing more than a way for moneyed muckety-mucks to be part of the movie biz.
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Cast and credits
Actors | John Cusack, Elijah Wood |
Producers | Adrián Guerra, Rodrigo Cortés |
Director | Eugenio Mira |
Writers | Damien Chazelle |
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Run time
90 minutes
Rating
R
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