Pianomania
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  1. RobinsNest
    Mar 7, 2012
    5
    This is a film I usually give a U for unratable. After @20 minutes I started the dreaded fast forward. It's a documentary about a piano tuner but with nothing about the man. Why? How? He must be so aware of the what the artist wants, but how did he get that way? Was he once a musician? It follows him as he prepares instruments for a few artists. No insight, just dialogue. The best part was the end credits where the "tuner" shows some of the intricacies of his craft-working with felt, etc. So I gave it a C, for average but it's not worth seeing. It should get "No rating".… Collapse

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Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    Nov 6, 2011
    91
    Pianomania is the thoroughly apt title for a thoroughly enjoyable documentary.
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  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Nov 4, 2011
    63
    It has a pleasing smallness -- it's cinematic chamber music -- that almost makes you overlook its inability to really explain its subject.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    Nov 3, 2011
    70
    Although there's more romance in "Buck," a classic American survivor story in the triumphant individual vein, in Pianomania the very dry, very accomplished Mr. Knüpfer makes engaging company both because he keeps enviable company and because he's a full-on geek, though one possessed by pianos.
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