From a distance, "The Piano" seems too preposterous for words; but then, as Ada knows all too well, words merely get in the way.

| Sep 6, 2018

Hunter's gothic heroine is complemented by Stuart Dryburgh's dark cinematography and gaspingly restrictive widowy petticoats.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 27, 2018

This is cinema that fills every sense.

| Jun 20, 2018

As tender, remarkable and sincere as drama comes.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 15, 2018

Hunter's performance is outstanding. So is the film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 15, 2018

The film is a masterclass in dramatic structure and rolls through Campion's meticulous screenplay beats with effortless elan, right up to the axe-wielding climax. Almost the perfect film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 15, 2018

The Piano is certainly one of the best films of the year and proves without doubt, if we didn't know it already, that Campion is now a major talent.

| Mar 20, 2018

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

Happily, the world is now discovering what a small but ardent cult has known all along-that Jane Campion is one of the most splendid filmmakers around.

| Mar 31, 2008

Sweetie and An Angel at My Table have taught us to expect startling as well as beautiful things from Jane Campion, and this assured and provocative third feature (1993) offers yet another lush parable.

| May 10, 2007

Campion never underestimates the power physical obsession exerts over human souls, and, for once, a modern film treats erotic passion honestly.

| Jun 24, 2006

The Piano deserves its place as a classic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 26, 2003

Ms. Campion somehow suggests states of mind you've never before recognized on the screen.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 20, 2003

[An] evocative, powerful, extraordinarily beautiful film from the Australian director Jane Campion.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The Piano is as peculiar and haunting as any film I've seen.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The wonder of The Piano is that such an outwardly simple story could emerge into such a complex swirl of lingering memories.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The Piano plays itself with such contrapuntal richness, it resonates in you forever.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: A | Nov 19, 1993