A romantic thriller set in New York’s music world centers on Niki, a piano tuner with a hearing affliction that makes him highly sensitive to sound. Niki works for an older boss, Harry, and on a job he encounters people who need to open a safe. His acute hearing lets him crack it easily, and he seeks extra money by joining petty thieves for additional robberies. He also develops a relationship with a charming young pianist. The film combines a tight script, careful staging, strong performances, and complex sound design. The story is driven by the contrast between Niki’s musical precision and the risks of criminal involvement.
"A romantic thriller set in the New York music world, "Tuner" is taut as a drum. We know what octogenarian Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman ("Kramer vs. Kramer," "Rain Man") can do. But British actor Leo Woodall ("The White Lotus," "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy") is a revelation as a piano virtuoso coping with a hearing affliction that makes him acutely sensitive to sound."
"These days Niki (Woodall) works as a piano tuner, often in posh settings, with his 80ish boss Harry (Hoffman). On one job, he runs into some people who need to open a safe; his acute hearing allows him to easily crack it. He needs extra money, so he goes along with some petty thieves who hire him for more robberies. He also falls for a charming young pianist (Havana Rose Liu)."
"The movie artfully combines a tight script, thoughtful mise-en-scène, and strong acting with complex sound design by Oscar winner Johnnie Burn ("Zone of Interest"). (He could earn more kudos for this.) But veteran producer JoAnne Sellar ("There Will Be Blood") and screenwriter Robert Ramsey ("Intolerable Cruelty") also played crucial roles."
"When Roher won the Oscar at 29 for CNN Films' "Navalny," he had no idea what to do next. "It's cool, it's exciting, it's amazing, it's also fucking scary," he said on Zoom. "How do you follow that up? People are coming up to me at fancy events saying, 'Wow, you're not going to top this, great work, kid,' and I'm intimidated and anxious about the specter of this film looming over me, this phenomenal lightning-in-a-bottle accomplishment.""
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