Review of The Piano Teacher (2001) by Jc E — 25 May 2010
If you champion the idea that ostensible display of perversion, outlandish sexual desire, masochism in the psyche of women would invariably raise the stature of a film to the same status as of poignant "Art Film"s or "Cerebral Drama"s, you may find this script from Michael Haneke mentally invigorating.
With a simple storyline revolving around a lonely middle-aged woman, it took one hour to define the woman's inner core and her social surroundings (including her celebrated position as an deft pianist and her irritating old mother), and an another hour to portray how acute, stern her solitude is.
Although Haneke is a director who always focuses on vivid details and who really wants the spectators to go through the same kind of mental state as his characters are; but this often breaks the rhythm and hurls you amidst unnecessary reiterations and gory tidbits.
Still I have to praise the lead actors who rose above the scripts to do justice to their roles. Isabelle Hupperts epitomized the charter of the pianist teacher, made you really hate her or sympathize with her state.
Overall, a misdirected art film and overtly rhetoric show of the complex psyche.
This review of The Piano Teacher (2001) was written by Jc E on 25 May 2010.
The Piano Teacher has generally received very positive reviews.
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