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The Piano Teacher (2002)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B+ Source Brief Review Grade* BBC Sandi Chaitram "...a dark, intelligent, and thought-provoking examination of female repression." more... B- filmcritic.com Rachel Gordon "Older innocence collides with youthful wisdom in this slow-moving but consistently impressive and unsettling look at spinsterhood." more... B+ Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...watching (Isabelle) Huppert, a great actress tearing into a landmark role, is riveting." more... B+ Slant Magazine Ed Gonzalez "...less funny game than daunting debasement ritual." more... B   The Irish Times Michael Dwyer "...probably the most depressing film I have seen since Ingmar Bergman's 1973 Cries and Whispers..." more... B   Toronto Star Geoff Pevere "...Isabelle Huppert contributes a performance of breathtaking bravery to The Piano Teacher, Michael Haneke's unflinching study of psychosexual obsession." more... A   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)