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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerPianomania is the thoroughly apt title for a thoroughly enjoyable documentary.
- 80Time OutTime OutWhen sitting through this detail-heavy documentary, nonaficionados may feel like they're watching paint dry, albeit in the company of an artist who savors each and every shade.
- 75Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierStefan Knüpfer's subtle charisma feels more suited to a beefily human New Yorker article than a documentary film.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAs Pianomania gradually reveals, Knüpfer is able to do this so well because he is as much of a crazed perfectionist as the pianists themselves, maybe even more so.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisAlthough 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.
- 63New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithIt has a pleasing smallness -- it's cinematic chamber music -- that almost makes you overlook its inability to really explain its subject.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceDirectors Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis fail to plumb their subject's frustrations or any other insightful biographical details.