After accepting the absurdity of the premise, you're given a taut and well-paced throwback thriller.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2023

It's a one trick pony but a stylishly orchestrated one.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2021

This movie is insane.

| May 26, 2020

You should definitely watch it... with a bottle of wine.

| Mar 26, 2020

Ridiculous, convoluted, and contrived.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 29, 2019

Grand Piano may be little more than a good-looking B-movie, but it's done with skill, creativity and a shrewd understanding of the genre, meaning it deserves at least one encore, if not a standing ovation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2019

The effective mix of old and new that courses through the film's entire bloodstream is evident from its opening title sequence, a bold and elegant fetishization of a piano that makes its outer contours sexy and its interior strings appear sharp.

| Nov 22, 2018

Gimmicky and melodramatic, the plot to Grand Piano surprisingly pulls off an entertaining flick.

| Aug 21, 2018

A tense, suspense-filled thriller with an element of the underdog about it.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 12, 2018

... Grand Piano is a movie that puts style over substance to great effect.

| Oct 20, 2017

There is little point going into the motives of the man calling the shots in Damien Chazelle's script as they are ridiculous and ill-conceived.

| Original Score: 2\5 | Aug 18, 2017

Director Eugenio Mira manages to keep Grand Piano visually stimulating even when writer Damien Chazelle's script gets silly.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 9, 2017

Excessive in its simplicity, yet simplistic in its excess, 'Grand Piano' is a sharp thriller that knows exactly what it is and what it wants to do -- like any good concert, the goal is to entertain, and it succeeds fairly well.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 16, 2017

Grand Piano can be enjoyed from multiple perspectives: it will satisfy the film buff, the tech hound, and the sit-back-and-be-entertained audience.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 23, 2016

Eugenio Mira's Grand Piano is a stylish and taut thriller that wastes no time on spectacle, instead choosing to meticulously focus on story, characters, atmosphere and building tension throughout.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2016

...quite engaging for the duration of its 90 minutes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 28, 2015

Entertainingly preposterous ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2014

It's ridiculously far-fetched, and classical concertgoers will wince at the script's wilful blunders, but flamboyant camerawork and a delicious streak of dark humour make it ridiculously enjoyable, too.

| Sep 20, 2014

The tension fizzles once the reasons for the gunman's motives become evident. A shame, as it's an intriguing conceit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2014

The concept of this real time thriller is, of course, extremely silly, but it keeps you entertained.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2014