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After watching too many would-be "great pieces" lately that are enticing you from TV commercials, leaving you (or me, I should say) disappointed most of the time, "The Red Violin" is a gem among all these fleeting flicks or time-wasters. Recommended by a good friend I went to see this piece and frankly, I came out of the theater speechless! I was overwhelmed, enriched as well as happy that I finally, in years, got to see something that's well worth while.

From the story, costumes, cinematography, acting and finally its greatest actor -the superb music- all absolutely flawless! S.L.Jackson acts at his best, his performance is unforgettable and I am sure one of his own most favourite; I can tell. I was estatic to see J.Corigliano win the Oscar for the best score, and saddened at the fact that the whole movie wasn't nominated for even more Oscars - are they blind in that Academy or what?! Now that's a shame but you know what I don't care what the Academy has to say, important is my subjective feeling and this movie made my day, and days to come.

I couldn't wait to get hold of both, the video and the sound track, and I never seem to get tired watching or hearing that beauty all over again. And believe it or not, that ingenious soundtrack can be so erotic at times that if I may give a little advice to all these men out there seeking to entice and seduce their partners - hey, this might be the way to go - worked for me (and her!)!!!

Anyways, I'd like to recommend this movie to everybody with an open heart and mind, I guarantee satisfaction and enrichment in every possible way. And lastly let me bestow my gratitude and thanks to the very director F.Girard for enlightening my spirit, my heart and my soul with his vision of a truly quality story that I can never forget.

This was by far the worst movie I've seen in years! I didn't particularly like "6th sense" and I was hoping the writer/director would come up with a more intriguing piece. Boy, was I wrong! The whole thing was plain silly; unnatural, stiff dialogs (esp.between the husband and his wife), the plot idiotic (when was the last time the director "had a cold"?), music and good cinematography non-existent, and the acting - hey, what can you expect from a script like that?! S.L.Jackson was magnificent in "The Red violin"; here rather pathetic, "a comic book caricature". The whole movie dragged and was SOOO boring with the "grand finale" leaving me unmoved, only wanting me to escape the theatre to spend more valuable time with my friends!!! Skip it and don't even rent it because it is sheer garbage!