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The Piano Lesson

1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.

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Release : 1995
Rating : 6.8
Studio : Signboard Hill Productions,  Hearst Entertainment Productions,  Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 
Crew : Art Direction,  Production Design, 
Cast : Charles S. Dutton Alfre Woodard Tommy Hollis Lou Myers Courtney B. Vance
Genre : Drama

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Reviews

Exoticalot
2018/08/30

People are voting emotionally.

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Stellead
2018/08/30

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Jonah Abbott
2018/08/30

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Billy Ollie
2018/08/30

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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serena_took
2005/06/29

I first viewed this film in a literature class in 2003, and it quickly became one of my favorites. It rather saddens me that so many people complain that there's no story, no action. There is a lot of story to this film, if you want to take the time to watch and appreciate it. Not every movie has to be a massive epic. This film is a story about a family and how some of the members want a better life and to purge the past of pain, and just like real life, some of the best stories are about the intimate moments and of the struggles we all face.If you enjoy a good drama, a story that slowly reveals the history behind the events you first see, this is the movie for you.

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sbrnnxn
2002/10/08

You have to come up in a certain culture to understand the overreactions of Charles S. Dutton. They really weren't overreactions, but what makes the film so comical is that there were (and still are) African-Americans that behave that way. What makes it funny is that we all at some point have relatives that are like those in the movie, esp. the part where he comes to visit early in the morning unannounced and expects everyone to get up to greet him. We also have some Uncle Doakers who minds his own business and some con artists like Uncle Whining Boy. Now the part I do agree on is the supernatural aspect of the film. With all the joking and jesting going on, it does drown out the concept meaning it doesn't fit. Otherwise it's a good movie if you want to have a good laugh.

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JKranjski
2001/08/28

I liked the movie and its music. The best scene is the one when they sing about Alberta. I also think that actors realisticaly played the rolls of old time peoples way of communication. I love that home feeling in the Berinces house.It also true that the story is simple and looks more like the gossip, that someone would tell you about people seeing a ghost.

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Mike (sutcal)
2000/07/11

I must confess I always have difficulty with some of the made for TV movies that I get to watch on my pay tv channels here in Australia.The Piano lesson is once such movie.The story line seems to have no real purpose other than a sibling squabble over a family piano. And I am not sure as to what the "supernatural" element to the movie is supposed to do in relation to enhancing the story. Without the absurdity of this, it may have passed as an acceptable "Afro american" period movie.I am not a big Charles Dutton fan and I feel there is an element of overacting at times with his character who I dislike more and more as the movie goes on.For me a 4/10 and that was being kind

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