Powerful

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it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

A collection of five stories as we follow The Red Violin through its lifetime spanning centuries. Each individual story is too weak to stand on its own. But have some patience to hold them in place for 2 hours, and trust that it will finally come together at the end.The film's fatal flaw is that I was unconvinced of the love between the violin maker and his wife. He seemed to live for his craft first and his family a distant second. She seemed to just get bored at home while he neglected her for his work. A more convincing relationship would have set a hauntingly powerful foundation for the subsequent stories. Instead the middle pieces remained flimsy until Samuel L Jackson glued it all together.The total sum is a solid film that falls short of its potential. Beautiful violin music is a common thread throughout. But it feels more the product of a skilled 17th century craftsman than the undying love between a husband and wife.

This movie started off really good with the little kid having the red violin and being really talented but after his death the movie just became really boring didn't like any of the other characters besides the teacher and the kid which we saw for like 10 minutes. Overall bad movie. Not worth your time.

I choke back tears of passion as the last notes are played...I find it hard to hold them back as I read the reviews and comments of others who were touched by the story. I saw this in 98 when it was first released on VHS, At the time I enjoyed Samuel Jackson's other works, so I figured I'd give it a try. If you love music, especially Classical or music that has a violin base, and you can discern the sound of what a beautiful violin sounds like; you'll be swept up in this epic tale. The story is profound in its beauty IMDb wasn't around when I watched it the first time. After just completing watching it I just wanted to add my two cents...:) Music is life!

Quite slow and a real effort to watch without a iota of humour. Beautifully shot and a good cast just to repetitive and slow paced. I found it hard to connect with any of the characters as well. The scene at the auction was shown to many times. Different eras and using different languages also didn't work for me. I felt it could've been great but just lacked something. Perhaps better scriptwriters may have helped. This movie felt really long and scenes where all over the place. The English character is miscast not likable or charming at all. Feel as though the movie is well reviewed by people jumping on a bandwagon.