I have sat all the way through a lot of difficult and demanding movies, but something worried me quickly when this movie started, and my concern increased when the main character, a woman approaching middle age, climbs into bed for the...
- 29.March.2010
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- by: Democritus
- Democritus rated this movie
 4/10Disappointing
I have sat all the way through a lot of difficult and demanding movies, but something worried me quickly when this movie started, and my concern increased when the main character, a woman approaching middle age, climbs into bed for the evening with her harpy, neurotic mother. The situation turned hopeless as far as I was concerned when a short while later the younger character walks into a pornographic-movie arcade's private viewing booth. The moment she started to appreciatively sniff at the rancid aromas left around her in there, I said, OK, this may be based on a novel by a Nobel-prize winning author, but it simply is not for me! I turned it off -- something I almost never do, having a sort of dedication to give all serious (and even not-so-serious) art a full chance to demonstrate itself. Therefore I do not want to give it any stars at all, not even the one-star "hate it" rating. Instead, I want to give it the slash-in-the-circle "not interested" rating. (The computer won't let me write a comment if I give it "not interested," so it gets the single star.) This may be satisfying stuff to someone else; I think I am becoming a youngish old-fogey, and am starting to value the time remaining to me differently than I used to! For adult-child/parent movies, try "The Subject Was Roses" -- or even the less great "The Effect of Gamma Rays." I have not seen "'night Mother" but have heard interesting things about it. If it is the degrading sex-thrill of screwed-up pathological neurotics you seek, minus leavening humor or wit, that's perhaps a choice here (like I say, I didn't watch much of it). Why not try (the original) "Swept Away" if you seek a serious mismatch situation that is not ultimately merely about human self-cancellation? OK -- enough of this; go watch whatever you want! 9.08
- 29.March.2010
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- by: Democritus
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I have seen "The Piano Teacher" twice and it still remains a shocking, steamy and unapologetic film. Isabelle Huppert gives a tour de force performance portraying Erika, a sexual deviant charading as a respected piano instructor. Her performance is...
- 24.March.2009
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- by: filmbuff83
- filmbuff83 rated this movie
 10/10Must See
I have seen "The Piano Teacher" twice and it still remains a shocking, steamy and unapologetic film. Isabelle Huppert gives a tour de force performance portraying Erika, a sexual deviant charading as a respected piano instructor. Her performance is icy, and emotionless, yet Huppert can conjure a capricious expression in Erika's face that makes us feel both repulsed and sympathetic. Director Michael Haneke's camera is apt to cut suddenly, but never once hesitates to linger on a insufferable scene. This fearless in-camera editing technique preserves the actor in character, and maintains the suspense and movement that propels the narrative forward. A must for challenged cinephiles of contemporary foreign cinema.
- 24.March.2009
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- by: filmbuff83
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A challenging film
A challenging film about a repressed piano teacher with a sexual deviance. This film will make you think and question what you are a watching, which if done right, is a mark of a good movie. What holds this back from being a great film is the lack...
- 23.January.2009
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- by: Alex Stajos
- Alex Stajos rated this movie7/10Good
A challenging film
A challenging film about a repressed piano teacher with a sexual deviance. This film will make you think and question what you are a watching, which if done right, is a mark of a good movie. What holds this back from being a great film is the lack of importance. I never felt connected to Erika, the lead, so the emotions she was experiencing did not impact me as much as they could have. In the end I felt as though I had witnessed something that should have shaken me, but I couldn't care as I didn't feel for the character. Despite this, it is a well acted film and there is substance to be taken out of it, I just wish it had hit harder with me emotionally.
- 23.January.2009
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- by: Alex Stajos
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