GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

binduesque There are some writers (Kafka, Haruki Murakami), some musicians (Monk, Trane, Beethoven), some artists (Max Ernst) and some directors (The Brothers Quay and possibly David Lynch) whose work never disappoints me.I don't care if a movie makes sense or not. In fact, I prefer dream logic to real logic (forget about Hollywood logic!). The Piano Tuner draws you into a world you cannot forget. The alternately subtle and dramatic lighting choices the directors/cinematographers made were compelling.The fact that the protagonist looks a bit like Kafka and has a similar predeliction for dreams and a similar love life happened to resonate for me.True surrealism did not die out in the Thirties, but what passes for surrealism these days is generally anything that is "weird" or "fantastical." The Brothers Quay have put together a movie that the classic surrealists (and today's surrealists!) would have loved is an accomplishment of which the Brothers Quay should be proud.Any movie that changes the way I look at the world when I walk out of theater rates ten quivering mechanical thumbs up for me.

hdbarton-1 This is not a movie for people who do not know a great deal, and people who are not willing to think - the authors, whoever they are, made a great film, but not for people who do not like to work their brains - the Heros of the story are Dr. Droz, and Assumpta. In the end, Assumpta becomes Dr. Droz, as the assumption of the movie is that all enlightened people are spiritually one. The puppet is that part of Assumpta that was not quite enlightened, and the tree she cuts down represents all the unenlightment in her life found in her friends and herself - when she finally becomes one with all the other enlightened people in the world (at the end of the movie), we see her looking in upon the lives of the piano tuner, and Malvina, who represent people who have tried to be enlightened, but gave up forever, and are now being used by the Droz to teach the world about the fact that it is being controlled and managed by a secret organization of Enlightened Masters who are one with each other completely. There is not even a slight hint of illogic in this movie, maybe that is why you might be having a hard time understanding it - I have yet to see a comment that even gets close to grasping the profound meaning of this movie - no one has a clue, and that is too bad - you would think that a professional critic would at least have some clue as to what the movie wants to say to the thinking world!

feiziu in fact this movie wanna talk about"love"and "fate": fate control everything,and everything u do never be fresh and surprise..some one must did that before. "i am standing the painter which is someone have done it yesterday" and no beautiful thing can be stay forever: except the one who without live(died people) can get real love forever , just like machine of music(in this movie one) without live can get perfect voice forever. otherwise,u also can do what the tuner have done,lost yourself in somewhere and repeat the perfect part of your love forever...and cant take off control of fate forever ,either.and the color of this movie very beautiful too .when you have seen this movie ,you will think about (Sleepy Hollow \ Tim Burton),very similar style of design.if you are female with rich philosophic love idea ,you will love this movie very much.

Cliff Hanley The Quay Brothers have specialised in short films, predominantly animation, and this is only their second feature-length production. It's beautiful to look at, and full of imagery which all looks as if it must have had a long gestation and a provenance linked to some bizarre milieu with a logic of its own. The term, 'Art-house' has always seemed quite spurious, and especially now, as the defining line between mainstream and 'indie' is as blurred as it ever has been; but the Piano Tuner is nothing if not arty. Most of the action takes place in a landscape out of a Max Ernst painting, and the protagonist (Saracho) is a dead ringer for one of Egon Schiele's self-portraits. As Adolfo, a bearded composer, Saracho is in lust with the beautiful opera singer Malvina (Casar), who is abducted by the powerful and mysterious Dr. Emmanuel Droz (John). As Filesberto the youthful and clean cut tuner, he is summoned to the Doctor's mansion to repair his automatons. Here, Malvina, last seen falling dead on stage, is miraculously alive, although she appears as a ghost several times, and she and Filesberto appear to be doomed to share a permanent time hiccup reminiscent of Resnais' 'Je T'aim Je T'aim'. The entire film has the atmosphere of being under water or in a permanent sunset, and is so quiet that the (post-synched) dialogue often disappears entirely and only exists as the artfully added subtitles. It's an undeniably beautiful experience, but some merciless tightening-up in the cutting room would improve it greatly. CLIFF HANLEY