My father alerted me to this movie, which he found to be quite ridiculous. After some searching, I found a copy and watched it for myself. And I did find it to indeed be quite silly for the most part. It starts off okay, the first twenty-five minutes or so being a little dull and padded out but otherwise competent. Then when Wood first discovers on stage in front of an audience that he and his wife are in trouble, the movie starts to be quite unbelievable. What the Cusack character has planned and is executing is quite outlandish - there had to be easier ways to get to what he was wanting! As for what he wants, the explanation for it is somewhat garbled and short - I had to do some research after watching the movie to confirm the theory I eventually had in my mind. The movie is never dull, and it has some skillful direction (some great camera movements here), but ultimately it becomes quite unbelievable. Cusack fans might want to be warned that you mostly just hear and not see him in the movie. And the fact the closing credits last a whopping twelve minutes suggest the filmmakers themselves realized they had a thin story here and had to pad things out even further.
Review of Grand Piano
