Red Violin

Pros: Great acting, great photography, great music. I loved the movie!
Cons: Can be boring to someone who doesn't carefully watch it.

This movie The Red Violin is no ordinary movie. It is spoken in many languages, begins with a tarot reader, it’s long (over 2 hours) very different and can be complex if you don’t follow it carefully. The movie takes you into the lives of many...

Pros: Cinematography, Acting
Cons: Slow story, undeveloped transitions.

It's amazing to think of this world and its vast history. So many wars, inventions, and explorers have been part of this world. History goes back to times where there were hardly any writing utensils to keep track. I'm still amazed at how much we know...

Pros: Such a dazzling display of talent that brilliance becomes ho-hum after a while.
Cons: I can't stand it when great films are recommended to me by people I loathe.

The Red Violin is the story of "the most perfect acoustic instrument ever made," a violin crafted by Nicolo Bussotti (Carlo Cecchi) for his unborn son. When Nicolo's wife Anna (Irene Grazioli) dies in labor while delivering a stillborn child...

Pros: excellent cinematography, interesting story, cast, score is great
Cons: maybe not as deep as I might like

Here's one that truly surprised me. This is an epic tale of mystery and obsession that unfolds when Charles Morritz (Samuel L. Jackson), an appraiser of rare musical instruments discovers a one-of-a-kind blood-red violin at an upscale Montreal auction...

Pros: An intriguing story, a mystery, a crime, great music -- wow!
Cons: Even at 2 hours plus, it still seemed too short.

Put simplistically, there are 2 sorts of films (not counting high-budget, low-budget, good, bad, genre, and various other gradations): art films and the films most of us watch. Art films languish in small theaters hidden in places few of us would look an ...

Pros: Good cast, excellent acting, beautiful music, wonderful story
Cons: Sometimes slow, too little explanation and not fully developed plots

It is an intriguing film about a violin that has travelled all the way from the crafting hands of the great violinmaker Nicolo Bussoti, who after years of making violins, made the perfect violin, to the modern day where it is auctioned off. Nicolo ...

Pros: Rich in detail and carried by a beautiful score, this is a deeply-layered film
Cons: Some of the stories and characters aren't engaging

One of my all-time favorite films is 1942’s Tales of Manhattan which followed a man’s tailcoat as it passed into the hands of five different owners. Some of the stories were funny, some were sad, but all were connected through fate and...

Pros: Nice easy going story, some historical events
Cons: None that I could see.

Samuel L. Jackson is a violin expert, who is in search of so called Red Violin. The violin was designed by a famous maker of the time for his unborn child. As the faith takes it's toll the child is never born and the Violin master paints the...

Pros: Beauty, lovely music, and great plot, directing, and acting.
Cons: The negatives? I will have to think about that ... none noted.

"The perfect marriage of science and beauty," This was said of the so-called Red Violin. I don't really see how I missed this film when it was first run material. So often odd little national reviewers rate films very highly and they seem they ...

Pros: Interesting symbolism and structure
Cons: Not a lesson in history and written awkwardly

The plot:
In 1681 Cremona, Italy, pregnant Anna Bussotti (Irene Grazioli) has her fortune told by her servant Cesca (Anita Laurenzi). However, she somehow confuses Anna's future with the future of a newly created violin. Her husband Nicolo...

Pros: Lush storytelling, soundtrack and heart make this film special and worth watching.
Cons: Can be a bit slow at times, some portions are a mite underdeveloped.

The Red Violin came out in 1998, and with little exception, no one noticed. At least I didn’t, and I consider myself relatively up to speed with movies. It’s not the kind of film anyone in their right mind would slot for box office success –...

Pros: The span of centuries. Beautiful scenery. Accurate historical depictions
Cons: Slow but necessary pace.

What strikes me about this film "Red Violin" is how much the violin in its own strange way becomes a character. It has a life and history that spans the centuries bringing pain and ruin upon all whom come upon it.

In many ways it reminds me of...

Pros: Fantastic score, wonderful stories
Cons: I honestly can't think of any.

My experience with The Red Violin was similar to my experience with Schindler’s List. It’s not because the movies are the same but because of the fact that the powerful music made each of the films absolutely amazing. It’s also because for each movie,...

Pros: A delightful movie to watch.
Cons: Requires full concentration.

I did not know what to expect when I rented the Red Violin. The title intrigued me. And the brief blurb on the back of the video case which briefly told what the story line was about; i.e. a violin that is passed from one family or person to the next...

Pros: Gorgeous, intelligent and well-crafted
Cons: Slow pace

The Red Violin is a cinematic chameleon, a film that refusing to be held back by the common boundaries of time, space or genre. It is the touching story of a musical instrument that was born phoenix-like out of an Italian tragedy. As the movie...