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(1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh Page   1   "[I]t takes six or seven people to keep one half-dead Jew alive.... Wladyslaw's situation is extraordinary but what's happening on screen doesn't really feel so extraordinary. There's almost no emphasis, no point of view."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale "Jamás -jamás- podrán escuchar el Nocturno en D menor de Chopin sin recordar a este pianista y su historia... Una obra maestra."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez A- "THE PIANIST is Polanski’s most personal work to date, and perhaps because of that, Polanski seems to have rediscovered the cinematic voice he had as a young man."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna "The Pianist invites you to comprehend Szpilman's predicament -- or better, his thinking about it."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/4 "It is a harsh—but incredibly moving—piece of filmmaking, a work of genuine depth and sensibility that never loses its focus or compromises its integrity."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "A haunting tale of survival that helps us to further understand a horrifying and unforgettable chapter in our constantly checkered history."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth A "There is no denying the power of Polanski's film..."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "During its last hour, The Pianist achieves something that approaches near transcendence."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez "Utiliza un estilo clásico, directo, con mucha atención al detalle y a los efectos individuales de un infierno colectivo."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C+ "The filmmakers have fallen prey to the classic syndrome of assuming a story will be interesting just because it is true."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "Horribly uneven."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "'For The Pianist, the starkness is real in its inherent absorption -- looking at a grotesque period in history was never so revealing, oddly poetic and heartwarming.'"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng A- "Refined and reserved but still haunting...one of the finer non-documentary films yet made about the deepest stain on twentieth-century history."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Shows how the kindness of several courageous individuals and one surprising stranger help a worn-out and frightened Jew survive the ordeals of Warsaw during World War II."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "Not since 1974's Chinatown has Polanski reached such dramatic heights."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "a powerful, deeply moving film that encapsulates one man’s experience as a way of speaking to the greatest tragedy of the 20th century"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/5 "One man's true story set against the Holocaust is a haunting, beautiful tale of humanity, horror and hope."   Netflix   James Rocchi 8/10 "Une belle réussite fait menant à une réflexion honnête sur un sujet face auquel on aurait pu croire que tout aavait déjà été dit."   Panorama   Jean-François Vandeuren 7/10 "Szpilman's experience on the screen is harrowing, yes, but rarely do we feel like we are inside the man's head ... Otherwise, The Pianist is fine work."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 8/10 "Ranks up there with some of the best and most memorable pictures about the time, place and subject matter at hand."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 "Authentic war movie featuring an impressive showing by lead Adrien Brody."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo "Polanski's best film since "Chinatown," "The Pianist" is also one of the best films of 2002, a heartbreaking, honest and emotionally devastating portrait of mans inhumanity to man at its worst."   Light Views   John Larsen 7/10 "Wladyslaw's isolation is the only thing that really separates The Pianist from the scores of other films with similar content."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/4 "We have been to these ghettos before, seen the skeletons (both alive and dead), smelled the burning. It's not a movie at all for us, is it?"   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 3.5/4 "'El Pianista es, sin duda alguna, la obra maestra de Polanski. Es una visión humana de un hecho inhumano, un recordatorio de que el espíritu del hombre es más grande que cualquier conflicto.'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 4.5/5 "Brody is in nearly every frame of the film, and he must not only carry the film's heart, but also its soul and mind. We must feel his agonies, and we do."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/5 "When watching [The Pianist], the experience is a dutiful one, a slow march to uplift. But in hindsight the meanings become clearer."   ToxicUniverse.com   Keith Uhlich A ""The Pianist" is a powerful achievement, an epic tale of a musical survivor that's strength lies in its hushed tone."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "What happened to the pianist and what he saw are clear, but who he is and what these experiences meant to him are absent."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3.5/4 "The horror is so inhuman, yet so commonplace, that we think we must be dreaming."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "A darkly lavish and harrowing re-creation of the Warsaw occupation."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 5/5 "Adrien Brody's Oscar-winning performance is nothing short of miraculous."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "If this film doesn't inspire you, nothing will."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 5/5 "Sem se preocupar em criar momentos melodramáticos para arrancar lágrimas do espectador, O Pianista é um filme triste sem que, para isso, precise ser emocionante."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2.5/5 "Proceed with caution."   Film Threat   Phil Hall A "It gives devastating testimony to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A- "It is a great pleasure to watch a film and know that it is one of the best of the year."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "Polanski, like so many performers and artists’ managers of the present day, makes the classic mistake of not trusting the art."   JWR   S. James Wegg A- "(An) emotional salute to the human spirit."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell A+ "Not a celebration of the human spirit, neither demonizing the Germans nor lionizing the Jews, resisting both deceptive moral uplift and despairing moral nihilism, The Pianist is a work of exquisite restraint."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 9/10 "Although not on a level with "Schindler's List," Roman Polanski and his creative cohorts impeccably, poignantly recreate the atrocities of that sad, horrifying era of 20th-century history."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger 3/4 "It is in essence irrefutable, brutal evidence of a coven, and even we doubt poor Rosemary."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 "Emotional engagement has never been one of Polanski's strong suits, but the film succeeds in spite of that."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 8/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 9/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper A- Read review   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh Page   1