DramaticQ

Well, I worked on this movie, and personally I think the actors did an excellent job all through. (They were, incidentally, not working under the best of conditions.) However, the editing is fairly terrible, and for that reason alone, I still don't understand why we won the Gemini. Especially if the subject interests you, I recommend seeing it; but know that it could have been better. Michael and company did well especially in the ending jungle scenes, for which I was not present, but some very good material nearing the end of the movie was unfortunately removed; Emily and the supporting cast performed excellently (at two o'clock in the morning, two days before Christmas, at twenty degrees below zero at the airport), and I was sorry to see those scenes cut from the final product.

Brilliant film - in my opinion Polanski's greatest, or at least one of them. Polanski is not afraid to use frightening or graphic images to send a message that should touch anyone's heart: the world has made a mistake. It is time to correct that mistake.

Brody's performance in the title role is deeply moving. He is extremely well-cast, and carries a good part of the movie on his own, or nearly so. The integration of the German soldier is well-wrought and unexpected despite a persistent, terrible sense that the pianist's "luck" cannot hold out.

Ten out of ten to this film; it is as near flawless as it is possible to be.