Grand Piano

2013

Action / Drama / Horror / Music / Mystery / Thriller

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 79% · 72 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 20115 20.1K

chicago, illinois sniper assassin threat of death stage fright live performance

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Plot summary

Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. Just moments after starting his performance in the packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a threatening message written on the score: 'Play one wrong note and you die'. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without anyone realizing.

Director

Eugenio Mira Photo
Eugenio Mira

Top cast

Elijah Wood Photo
Elijah Wood as Tom Selznick
John Cusack Photo
John Cusack as Clem
Tamsin Egerton Photo
Tamsin Egerton as Ashley
Dee Wallace Photo
Dee Wallace as A & V Interviewer
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698.64 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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1.23 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

Suspenseful and thrilling film about a world-class pianist who takes the stage for a highly anticipated comeback performance,

Entertaining suspense movie packs intrigue and ordinary touches in Hitchcock style . Top-notch thriller embroils a famous pianist in killing and twisted intrigue . Having messed up at playing an extremely difficult piano piece a few years before, talented pianist Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) lives with an extreme case of stage fright . Taking a step in the right direction and talked into it by his up and coming actress wife (Kerry Bishé) , Tom decides to give performing live another try . Already a mess, the situation is made much worse, when in the middle of playing a much easier musical number, Tom discovers a strange note written on his music sheet , the premise is the following : Play or Die .Ultra-tense Spanish thriller starring Elijah Wood as a concert pianist who moments before his comeback performance suffers from stage fright and to discover that if he fails to play the music precisely as it was written , a nearly impossible feat in this case , then a sniper hidden in the theater will open fire. The picture is realized in Hitch wake , as it has a great number of elements and his own iconography : vertiginous height , innocent man wrongfully chased , blonde bombshells , voyeurism, long non-dialogue sequences , a matter of mistaken identity , MacGuffin ,etc. Do you know what a MacGuffin is, Maestro? It's a person or thing around which the entire film revolves and yet turns out to have little importance to the story . It's a magnificent device whereby a good plot can be given a driving force without the indecency of explanation . Grand Piano (2013), from director Eugenio Mira is an exciting film displaying suspense , intrigue , tension , and interesting drama well written by Damien Chazelle . Packs an ordinary theme of the suspense magician : innocent people become caught up in a cobweb intrigue and uncanny , intelligent villains . From the thrilling story and screenplay including literately and thoughtful dialog , the picture gets unlimited suspense in crescendo , tense , full of lingering frames and with the typical touches Hitchcock . And plenty of MacGuffins , as this picture is heavy with devices . A hidden threat, a hostage, an assistant, an unplayable piece of music, a stage, a key, and the unknown fortune of a deceased mentor .Enjoyable mystery movie involves a bewildered pianist who hold numerous tricks in order to escape from a cruel killer and being chased cross hall concert and backstage . This agreeable picture by Eugenio Mira has a memorable scene after another and following the steps from master of suspense . This film has these particularities ; furthermore contains a fun intrigue , amusing situations and keeps the action at feverish pitch . Grand Piano is Hitchockian in the truer sense : It's a meticulously crafted piece of filmmaking that's wholly committed to a highly specific , somewhat outlandish premise . In addition , a colorful as well as evocative cinematography by Unax Mendia . Special mention to impressive and rousing musical score by Victor Reyes . The motion picture was well directed by Eugenio Mira (Agnosia , Birthday) and perfectly produced by Rodrigo Cortes (Buried , Red lights) . Mira played these elements like a concert pianist, perfectly timed with a soaring melody. Rating : Above average , well worth watching .
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Reviewed by christazz 7 / 10

The Grand Piano Phonebooth

"Grand Piano" has a certain resemblance to "Phonebooth".

1 selected victim, 1 anonymous perpetrator, 1 hostage.

It's a solid thriller and contains some very nice cinematography and set design, however, the end was not satisfying enough. It left too many questions open. It was meant to be left open, yet didn't come across that well.

Elijah Wood's scared performance (and his gazing blue eyes) were definitely an asset to the movie. John Cusack on the other hand was quite the disappointment.

Still, worth a watch.

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