Moments before his comeback performance, a concert pianist who suffers from stage fright discovers a note written on his music sheet.
Some inspired grace notes elevate a thriller that's more De Palma than Hitchcock.
More concept that complete movie, despite serious style from the director and the cast’s considerable conviction. Sadly, there’s no masking the plot’s piano-sized holes.
Spanish director Eugenio Mira's third film is an involving, Hitchcockian tale of a persecuted man fighting for redemption against the most unlikely of circumstances.
Complete codswallop but not entirely awful.
It becomes progressively clear that screenwriter Damien Chazelle and director Eugenio Mira have no plausible or satisfying ideas for developing or resolving this: it’s a crazy if occasionally engaging mess.
The filmmaking virtuosity is admirable, but in the end it's more flat than sharp.
It’s reminiscent of the highly designed trash Brian De Palma used to make.
Elijah Wood is forced to perform an unplayable piece of music on pain of death in this slickly tense thriller.
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