Adrien Brody, Anthony Milner, Daniel Caltagirone
An adaptation based on the autobiography of the acclaimed Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who detailed his survival during World War II, and narrowly escaped a roundup that sent his family to a d...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 27, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (12,190)
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October 3, 2009Much much better than 'Schindler's List'. This is a film that shows the gritty reality of the Holocaust while maintaining a non - political, sympathetic and unschmaltzy tone.
Adrien Brody shines; a well - deserved Academy award winner, though once again I think the role would ha...( read more) -
August 30, 2009It was a good movie, but it wasn't much different from other movies made about the Holocaust. It was really slow moving and a little too long. Maybe if it had focused more on his life as a piano player, it would've stood out more to me.
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February 26, 2009I'm sure that Roman Polanski envisioned "The Pianist" as his Opus magnum. At the back of his mind, he always wanted to make a picture about his painful childhood in Cracov ghetto, but since he was always against autobiography, calling it "pointless", he was looking for a story. A...( read more)
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December 21, 2008Holocaust porn. Surely any audience for this film knows that what Hitler did was a Very Bad Thing; The Pianist, devoid of theme and unwilling to explore any deeper meaning for the atrocities it showcases, simply has nothing new to say. Where its critical support comes from is how...( read more)
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November 28, 2008''I don't know how to thank you.''
''Thank God, not me. He wants us to survive. Well, that's what we have to believe.''
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
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November 11, 2009One of the most powerful and realistic WWII gems I've ever witnessed and I've ever been shocked by. The realism and the psychology of all the characters made me shiver and open my eyes of how horrendous were the atrocities carried out by the Nazis towards the Jews. Spectacular P...( read more)
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November 11, 2009A story of a pianist Jew during World war and his sacrifices as he continue to hide from the Germans. Adriend Brody is amazing
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November 3, 2009A great movie telling the sotry of a jewish pianist who survives through the Holocaust and watching the horrors of the world around him. The best thing about this movie is Adrian brody's Oscare winning performance. a must watch
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Critic Reviews
January 9, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 3, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The Pianist is a devastating story of survival, and a tribute to the redemptive powers of art. full review
January 3, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The Holocaust has been the subject of many films. The Pianist is one of the great ones. full review
January 3, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is not a thriller, and avoids any temptation to crank up suspense or sentiment; it is the pianist's witness to what he saw and what happened to him. full review
December 29, 2002
David Edelstein, Slate
One of the most indelible Holocaust films ever made. full review
December 26, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
One of the very few nondocumentary movies about Jewish life and death under the Nazis that can be called definitive. full review
December 24, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Brody's performance is flawless, graduating ever so gradually from ironic resignation to pure animal desperation. full review
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July 9, 2008Shocking!!!
One of the scariest scenes from this gem of a film, is the "wheelchair" scene...sorry for the spoiler! :-D -
January 24, 2008The movie is really good. But everyone who have seen the movie should also read the book.
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September 25, 2007omg this movie is such an eye opener, i felt sick watching the way the Jews were treated. Its such a great film and i feel everyone she c it. It shows just how xtreme the war was and how badly the jews were treated in these times. It is a truly great film!
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August 16, 2007Simply perfect, magnificent. Beyond the classic movie of a bad life that ends good, is the fact that he survived thanks to his habilities, and was succesful before and after the war. A man that loved the music, an didnt want to leave the studio even during the german attack. He loved the music, and the music returned him the favor. Simply Perfect, I say again. No more words.
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June 13, 2007Incredible! The most powerful file ive seen. I place The Pianist beside the Pastion of Crist
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June 6, 2007i watched it in class, and the less gory parts were worse that any guns because of the way they had created the effect like when the germans walked into a room in one of the ghettos, expecting every1 to stand up but the man in the wheelchair couldn't and he was tipped over the side, and any1 who tried to help him was shot, they even got the lst 1 scrambing over the wall 4 his life.
i cn't believe sum ppl in my clas laughed at the man being tipped over by the germans the side falling to his death just because he was a) different
b) he cudn't follow the rule even if he wanted to.
i hated the whole fact that hitler got voted and only because he brainwashed them and gave them easy answers to their problems caused by debt after the war like blaming the communists , the jes (in general alll the ppl he was against) im not going to go into detail tho -
May 26, 2007Excellent movie showing how much the Poles and Jews suffered during WW2.
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