"There is an old saying: Be careful what you ask for, because you might get it. THE PIANO TEACHER has a more ominous lesson: Be especially careful with someone who has asked for you."
-Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN TIMES
"Once one expereinces Mr. Haneke's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience, one is left with a sour taste in one's mouth, and little else."
-Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Retraint is this movie's mystery and its miracle. No matter how gruesom it is, mercifully, it's always holding back."
-Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
Suggested Secondary Screenings: BELLE DU JOUR (Luis Bunuel, 1967) and THE NIGHT PORTER (Liliana Cavani, 1974)
