The Piano

Prepare yourself for something very special...Here's a severely beautiful, mysterious movie that, as if by magic, liberates the romantic imagination. [16 Oct 1993]

With its breathtaking visual style and careful attention to sound and movement, the movie provokes contemplation about the ways people communicate – through words, through music, through sex, and, most significantly, through touch. [14 Dec 1993, p.A14(E)]

Seems less like a fictional story than a tour through Freud's forgotten files.

Powerful and outrageous.

The Piano is dark, sublime music, and after it's over, you won't be able to get it out of your head.

Prepare yourself for something very special...Here's a severely beautiful, mysterious movie that, as if by magic, liberates the romantic imagination. [16 Oct 1993]

It is one of those rare movies that is not just about a story, or some characters, but about a whole universe of feeling.

Magical and haunting, The Piano has the power and delicate mystery of a gothic fairy tale. [19 Nov 1993]

The Piano is dark, sublime music, and after it's over, you won't be able to get it out of your head.

Campion's script is very well received, but the film finally makes it on cinematics: bleakly beautiful photography, haunting score, and good acting. [12 Nov 1993]