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(1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh Page   1   B "To get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of Dr. Freud."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "Michael Haneke's latest torture mechanism is less funny game than daunting debasement ritual."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 4/4 "Brash, intelligent and erotically perplexing, Haneke's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng A- "At once difficult to watch and impossible to ignore, a brilliant and uncompromising portrait of a character both loathsome and pathetic."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "This riveting psychodrama probes the subject of sadomasochism with laser-like intensity."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B+ "The Piano Teacher is a character piece, a veritable gift to Huppert who gives everything she's got into her performance as a prim and proper pianist with a deviant desire for penis."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/4 "A frustrating exercise in the hormonal detours of human nature."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 4/4 "A masterful and lacerating vision of masochism and domination set in the conservative conservatories of Vienna."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 8/10 "You really have to salute writer-director Haneke (he adapted Elfriede Jelinek's novel) for making a film that isn't nearly as graphic but much more powerful, brutally shocking and difficult to watch."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick B ""The Piano Teacher" may be the ultimate depiction of suffering for one's art, but it's a brutal viewing experience"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/5 "Leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C- "Maybe a more creative mind than mine could have made sense out of “The Piano Teacher”"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford C Read review   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 Read review   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 79% Fresh Page   1