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Grand Piano
U/A (INDIA)
2014
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Grand Piano
Positive Reviews
42
Negative reviews
7
Average Rating
3.3
/5
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3.5
Grand Piano doesnt sport a necessarily tight script its an intriguing yet sometimes bewildering story but Miras brilliant handling of Chazelle musical ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
The suspense is as taut and responsive as piano wire in this Fantastic Fest world premiering film that stars Elijah Wood and John Cusack and is direct ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
The timbre and tone is one of relentless suspense, and Woods slight frame and intense gaze are perfectly suited to the role.
Austin Chronicle
3.0
This is hardly a symphony of terror, but its still a solidly composed exercise in suspense.
Time Out
4.2
Grand Piano should be taken with a winters supply of road salt, but if you can get past the absurdity of it all you are in for a pretty good time.
Paste Magazine
3.8
When sloppy improvising and slapdash production values are common in movies these days, someone who manages to be this stylishly ambitious and clever ..
Rogerebert
4.3
But Grand Piano really is a directors film, and Eugenio Mira delivers on the promise he showed with Agnosia by delivering a tight and hugely tense thr ..
IGN
3.0
Miras direction is key.Channelling the style of Brian De Palma with split screens, stomach churning swoops and operatic violence, he manages to keep y ..
Telegraph
4.0
However, this sly thriller overcomes its silly setup with a blend of cinematic artistry and fine tuned tension.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Despite a slick look, the many discordant notes and off key lines make this feel like amateur hour.
Ny Daily News
3.8
Yes, weve finally reached that point when it comes to screen chills.
Blu Ray
3.0
It may not be quite as claustrophobic as the similarly themed Phone Booth, but Miras sweeping ode to Hitchcock nevertheless looks grand and has plenty ..
Radio Times
3.8
This thriller set in a concert hall is a stunt, but a damn good one.Maybe risk hasnt died yet in filmmaking.
Rolling Stone
3.5
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
3.1
That every round of applause is tweaked into the sound of a jet engine provides a level of subliminal angst.Of course, if Mira pulled this trick once ..
News Day
2.0
But the introductory scenes do have a certain enjoyable flair before it all collapses into gibberish.
The Guardian
3.0
This entertainingly preposterous thriller about a musician forced on pain of death to perform a note perfect rendition of an unplayable piece finds El ..
The Guardian
4.5
Grand Piano doesnt hit all its notes perfectly, but it plays with an intensity thats admirable.
Npr
4.0
Crucial to this is Woods measured performance; impressively, he stays focused amidst the melodrama, a rudder to guide the story through its many outla ..
Flim List
3.0
Some inspired grace notes elevate a thriller thats more De Palma than Hitchcock.
Empire
3.1
Grand Pianos premise suggests Rhapsody Rabbit by way of Phone Booth, and its artistry is a convincing homage to the internationally produced giallos o ..
Slant Magazine
1.5
The supposed masterwork Tom plays is the kind of fake classical music (composed by Victor Reyes) that movies often substitute for the real thing.Its a ..
The New York Times
2.0
Elijah Wood plays for his own and his wifes life in this Hitchcock style thriller Grand Piano is a Hitchcock style thriller that could easily have sli ..
Express
3.0
It only grows sillier as we learn what the sniper wants but the polished production and the game performances keep you watching.Complete codswallop bu ..
Express
3.8
Grand Piano can be enjoyed from multiple perspectives: it will satisfy the film buff, the tech hound, and the sit back and be entertained audience.
The Film Stage
2.5
That was a dumb movie without pretensions; Grand Piano is an ambitious effort that plays dumb.
Boston Globe
3.5
directed by Eugenio Mira as if Brian DePalma and Dario Argento just watched the climax of Alfred Hitchocks The Man Who Knew Too Much with a chaser of ..
Reeling Reviews
2.0
Even with its insanely long opening and closing credits, Grand Piano still only just barely stretches out to 80 something minutes.
Flickfilosopher
4.2
The story of a concert pianist whose comeback performance gets hijacked by a sniper with a secret agenda, director Eugenio Miras latest film breathles ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
Whatever you think of Eugenio Miras thriller, it has a pretty solid pitch: Phone Booth , with a piano.
Total Film
2.0
Elijah Wood stars as a celebrated pianist who, five years after a notorious fiasco of a performance, is making a nervous, much hyped return to the sta ..
Los Angeles Times
3.5
Magnet Releasing has U.S. rights; the pic should make its sweetest music in ancillary.
Variety
3.8
And yet Grand Piano benefits substantially from the ongoing inclusion of punchy, broad minded set pieces, as such moments, when coupled with a series ..
Reel Film
4.0
Grand Piano is a wholly engaging and wonderfully taut thriller that manages to wring tension from what is essentially a single location and a series o ..
Ner Dist
2.5
Equal props go to Elijah Wood for giving it his all in this stylish, preposterous thriller.
New York Post
3.5
Despite a plot that may seem a little stretched to some, Grand Piano delivers an engulfing story that will grab hold of your attention a lot more than ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.8
Grand Piano takes a simple premise, one that could have easily fallen into repetition at feature length, and transforms it into a thriller of indelibl ..
Dustin Put Man
3.5
Head scratching moments are consumed by a straight ahead style that doesnt wink or hedge its narrative bets.
Film Racket
4.5
But Grand Piano is a film that doesnt take itself too seriously, encouraging the audience to laugh with rather than at it.
Ign
3.0
Grand Piano generates a certain level of suspense by keeping Clems motivations opaque.
The Dissolve
4.3
But a movie we get all the same, and under the direction of filmmaker and composer Eugenio Mira, Grand Piano overcomes its ridiculous conceit and emer ..
Crave Online
2.0
It is light, popcorn viewing, but it doesnt aspire to be anything different.
Under The Radar Mag
3.2
Therein lies the complexity that largely sets it apart from the directors and the films it pays homage to.
Movie Mezzanine
3.5
Grand Piano is a tight thriller with an interesting concept that doesnt quite stick its landing.
M Tv
3.1
Grand Piano is a nail biting thriller in the classic Hitchcock style.
Wp Me
3.8
Wood ably juggles the intense circumstances with a performance that seems appropriately wound up but focused, with a Zen center amid the frenzy.Eat it ..
Am Ny
3.0
Nicely composed and played with an endearing sense of Hitchcockian humour, Grand Piano is well worth a tinkle.
Sky
4.0
At a brisk 80+ minutes, Grand Piano is a highly infectious and tightly wound thriller that isnt afraid to have some fun with both its story and its ch ..
Daily Dead
3.0
The concept of this real time thriller is, of course, extremely silly, but it keeps you entertained.
Daily Record
4.5
There was a point in the thriller Grand Piano that I laughed out loud.It was a climactic momentit probably wasnt supposed to be funny.
Cines Nark
3.0
Grand Piano is lean and economical, but it often feels slight as well.
Pasadena Weekly
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