Like the immaculate instrument it follows, "The Red Violin" is a piece of filmmaking fully refined by the hands of someone who believed in the material, and the effect it leaves us with is one of transcendence.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2013

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

A surprisingly exciting and delicate epic.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 26, 2006

The story lines, while having little direct connection to historical events, are obviously grounded in musical and artistic legend.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2004

It is disconcerting to see {Jackson}...after watching his exceptional performances as crazy criminals in two Quentin Tarantino movies.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 2, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Jun 8, 2004

entertains with fanciful fable and contains beautiful virtuoso violin solos (by Joshua Bell) and location shooting, but offers little substance

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 2, 2003

Derided by some contrarian critics for being "safe", this is an ambitious and at times uneven epic that stretches several continents and centuries . . .

| May 25, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 20, 2003

Most musicians say that music is the one true universal medium that conveys the human condition to every corner of the globe…they are partially right. Films also have this same impact around the world...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 29, 2003

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 7, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 21, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 13, 2002

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 19, 2002

A spiritually rich and musically sublime drama about the soulful dimensions of beauty.

| Mar 5, 2002

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

If you see it, it should be only for the wonderful solo violin of Joshua Bell.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 1, 2000

The film is heedlessly ambitious. In a time of timid projects and easy formulas, The Red Violin has the kind of sweep and vision that we identify with elegant features from decades ago.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000