Really, it's a horror film, the horror of the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust. While there may be people out there who would characterize it as "Schindler's List meets Shine," that's just not giving enough due to how beautifully this film depicts Wladyslaw Szpilmann's life for these several years. There are scenes that will make you want to crawl under your chair because you're not sure you can bear watching them -- at least the scenes ought to make you want to do that, or else I'd be concerned. The best part is the last 1/4 of the film, in which hope and honor and heroism are portrayed so lovingly, and without melodrama, that it breaks your heart all over again.
year: 2002
length: 148 min.
rating: 4.0
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/combined
Wednesday, February 05, 2003
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