Others have already touched on the major (weak) points. The acting, the script, the story... all pretty bad. Wish I had followed my gut feeling and bailed early on.
The progression of events don't always make sense, and the time travel aspect is confusing. I found it tough to know for sure until the very end whether the accompanist's family was alive, or not.
There is a supernatural aspect to the story, but I don't think it works. And to emphasize the channeling of celestial and metaphysical powers of the universe, there are interspersed scenes of the cosmos, with the camera whizzing by Saturn, Jupiter, and the stars. It seemed like someone accidentally edited in pieces from "2002 A Space Odyssey."
Here and there, you also see a beach. Very artistic.
In one (overly) dramatic scene the dancer and the ceiling tiles in the rehearsal hall come crashing to the floor. I thought it was an earthquake, but something tells me it was supposed to be other powers at play.
This film is an eye-roller from start to finish. Painful to sit through.
I'm sorry to say the goldfish just might have put in the most convincing performance.
And WHAT was up during the final credits!?
Not just the fact that we hear Ave Maria, but we have to sit through a seemingly endless series of family photos of the accompanist, his wife and kids. It would have made more sense to put those at the opening - or were they time traveled to the end?
I think we (the audience) were supposed to be blown away by how beautiful, profound and artistic the film is. Only it isn't.
