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Saturday, 8 February 2014

GRAND PIANO [2013]

Grand Piano is director Eugenio Mira's almost successful attempt to create an effective Alfred Hitchcock-esque thriller, echoing that of The Man Who Knew Too Much glazed over with Brian DePalma's bite.
It follows the ridiculous idea of being held at gunpoint from afar while performing on stage at the symphony, an idea that reminded me of Phone Booth only with a little more elegance.  It's well-acted, has some intriguing camera-work and wow, the score by Victor Reyes is stunningly powerful but the film as a whole never quite gets as intense as it yearns to be.

2½ sharp C's out of 5

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