Featured Audience Ratings

• Kase V

  
  Applying all the techniques from the French New Wave, Truffaut's 'Shoot the Piano Player' combines unique wit and thrills that coerce into a solidly original work.

• Jan Marc M

  
  A second from François Truffaut, Shoot The Piano Player boldly shoots how the past haunts the present and shall continuously pester the future. Crime, drama, romance, and mystery right on target.

• Reid V

  
  A heavily noir influenced crime drama about the inability to escape your past. For only his second feature, this film feels bold and mature. While it is much more stylized than his debut, it still retains a lot of the heart that made the 400 Blows so good.

• danny d

  
  at this point, this is probably my favorite of truffaut's films. a simple structure, but laid out without the gimmicks normally seen in films like this. well written and well shot, the film simply executes the story with no wasted time. excellent crime drama.

• Ken S

  
  My favorite Truffaut hands down. The camera and storytelling here are so playful, it's easy to see Truffaut's love of the Noir genre. The loose hand held style, rhythmic frequent cutting and the free form jazz soundtrack all bring this down and dirty character piece to… More
  My favorite Truffaut hands down. The camera and storytelling here are so playful, it's easy to see Truffaut's love of the Noir genre. The loose hand held style, rhythmic frequent cutting and the free form jazz soundtrack all bring this down and dirty character piece to life. Extra kudos for the matricide by way of fibbing gag

• Alice S

  
  This film is too French New Wavy to be American film noir. The pacing is off and the gangster story is like a MacGuffin - only there to provide a frame for philosophical meanderings. Charles Aznavour is magnetic though.

• Tim S

  
  Cool little film noir by Truffaut. Almost zany at times.

• Pierluigi P

  
  Inventive, sensible, witty and comical film-noir homage.

• Michael G

  
  A great film. Almost like a French film noir.

• a b

  
  The Piano player doesn't get shot, though.

• Alex H

  
  Truffaut's take on the gangster picture is astoundingly phenomenal.

• MJS M

  
  I would have thought that I would have seen this a while back what with it being a François Truffaut film from the height of his career. I think the movie?s title is a big part of why it took so long to catch up, it just made the thing sound annoyingly madcap. It turned out not to… More
  I would have thought that I would have seen this a while back what with it being a François Truffaut film from the height of his career. I think the movie?s title is a big part of why it took so long to catch up, it just made the thing sound annoyingly madcap. It turned out not to be what I thought it was, but there were reasons to be worried. This feels a lot more in tune with the new wave than a lot of the other Truffaut films I?ve seen, felt more like a Godard movie and not in a way that was of my liking. It lacked a lot of the more conventional depth of The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim. It certainly had charms of its own, but it just wasn?t as much to my liking.

• cody f

  
  Great music, great acting, original story at a crazy french pace, classic Truffaut. Very entertaing and at times humorous. Charles Aznavour is fantastic and created a great character.

• Emily B

  
  Another one of Traffaut's greats, although sometimes overlooked. A clever and funny film.

• Tom S

  
  I haven't seen this movie now for a few months. I'm developing facial ticks.

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