The Pianist (DVD) Reviews

Based on a true story, the critically acclaimed winner of 3 Oscars and 2 Baftas' The Pianist tells the moving story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a brilliant Jewish Polish pianist, and his escape from deportation at the hands of the Nazis in the 1930s at the cost of being forced to lived in a Warsaw ghetto, and the humiliation and intense suffering he ...  Read the complete review

The Pianist is a film which ifts one away from the stresses and strains of normal everyday life and makes you look at how a person could survive in the worst situation possible. Whats the film about? This is a Roman Polanski film (best not mention his recent arrest for having sex with a minor in which he's been on the run ...  Read the complete review

I was hesitant about reviewing this film when I saw it, as I noted early on that it was similar to Schindler's list - in that it is set during the Second World War, shows some of the real horrors suffered, particularly by Jews and is both powerful and emotional. To review a film like this, I know I've got to be sensitive but honest, and given how ...  Read the complete review

It is strange how a film that has won three Oscars and has been awarded two Bafta's can be right under your nose but you never actually pick it up off of the video store shelf to watch it. This 2002 Roman Polanski Film has been hailed as an unforgettable masterpiece, so when a member of the family recommended it and I looked at the reviews on ...  Read the complete review

The pianist, directed by Roman Polanski starring Adrian Bodi is a very emotional and heart wrenching tale of survival during the Nazi occupation of warsaw in the second world war. Based on a true story based on the life of Speilman, this movie follows the touching journey of a war torn jewish families desperate attempt for survival. The ...  Read the complete review

I am going through and reviewing some pretty heavy films at the moment, and this is obviously no different. This film is excellent for highlighting the contrast between horror and brutality with moments of great humanity. The film tells a true story of the pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman and his fight for survival in a Warsaw ghetto after his entire ...  Read the complete review

Easily one of the best films I have seen: the Pianist is a movie based on a true story about a Jewish man during the Holocaust. It shows the transition for the Jewish community - from the laws past against them forcing them to wear the star of David to being put into Ghetto's. This film is not light-hearted in the slightest but does deliver ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Adrien Brody stars in this true story as Wladyslaw Szpilman, a famous Polish pianist who suffers great persecution under the Nazis in World War Two. The winner of 3 Oscars, this film is both powerful and provocative. IS IT ANY GOOD: How can anyone watch this film and not be deeply moved? The story is so ...  Read the complete review

A film by Roman Polanski. 3 Oscars including best actor 2 Baftas including best fil This film is excellent I enjoyed it because it was based on a true story.I love films which you can actually belive in it because it is based on an actual event that did take place.We all well know that in the history of the nazis and the jews ...  Read the complete review

A review of the Optimum DVD, available from amazon for £5.50 at time of writing. This is a hugely acclaimed, multiple-award-winning film from 2002. It tells the true story of classical pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman and what happens to him and his family during the Second World War. Szpilman - whose memoirs the film is based on - is a ...  Read the complete review

Before embarking on this film I would suggest that you read the book that inspired this movie. This has to be one of the most breath taking and staggering films I have ever seen. I have now seen it about 50 times and the clever thing is that every time I watch it I find something new and exciting in it. The film is based upon ...  Read the complete review

As with Schindler's List, we are let gradually, menacingly into the world of Nazi-occupied Germany, and in the story of a man who, with his family, finds himself a victim of the segregation and sudden turn to persecution of ordinary Jews in the ghettos. The process is menacing and meticulous, and a story of survival emerges where our sense of ...  Read the complete review

This is a wonderful film by Roman Polanski, based on Jewish experiences in Warsaw. The film is based on a true story and follows the experiences of Wladyslaw Szpilman who in 1939 when we join the story is a pianist for the local radio. We see the injustices jewish people have to suffer, carrying signs with the star of david and being ...  Read the complete review

This is an absolutley fantastic film that will appeal to both men and women as it has the adventure side to it aswell as the heart puller too. This film is based on a real person not just fiction, it is based on wladyslaw szpilman a jew and concert pianist played in the dvd by Adrien Brody who does this job very well, This is his ...  Read the complete review

I heard so much about this movie that I had to see it for myself. It really is a great watch. I felt sad and I needed something to uplift my soul and this movie touched my heart. Although, it was quite sad but it is really good. The triumph of a man who's life has been snatched away because of the cruelty of war. PLOT The Pianist ...  Read the complete review

"Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece." To start, this movie was nominated for 7 Oscars and it got 3, it also got a golden Palm (Cannes 2002) for the best movie. This says something about it. This is a movie by Roman Polanski about a Pianist who is hiding, starving and is being humiliated for 4 years ...  Read the complete review

At first i thought that The Pianist was a odd name for a war film, but then when i saw it, it all made much more sense. This is not a war film as such, more a film set during the war (second). It follows the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman as he and his family are moved out of thier houses in Warsaw and sent to the concentration camps. ...  Read the complete review

War. After all mankind's experience of genocide, holocaust, 'cleansing', we still appear unable to simply grasp where we're going wrong. War is gruesome - always was, always is and always will be. When it comes to war and cinema, the lines have often been blurred with the supposed romance of it and the glossed over true suffering and ...  Read the complete review

Winner of three Oscars (and nominated for four more), two BAFTAs, and the coveted Palm d'Ore, The Pianist certainly has the credentials. Anyone who has read Szpilman's original biography, also titled 'The Pianist', will already know that the narrative is gripping enough, but combined with amazing direction by Roman Polanski, and breathtaking ...  Read the complete review

Films such as Roman Polanski's The Pianist are a rare breed that fall into many categories and at the same time sit comfortably in none. Like Shindlers List, and a handful of other wartime portrayals, it is part entertainment, though the subject matter is often makes for uncomfortable viewing, part biographical, though how close to the actual ...  Read the complete review