PalCinema Review: The Piano Lesson
A Pulitzer Prize winning play gets a big (and small) screen adaptation
November 24, 2024
FILM: THE PIANO LESSON
DIRECTED BY: MALCOLM WASHINGTON
STARRING: JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, DANIELLE DEADWYLER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON
RATING: 3 ½ out of 4 stars
By Dan Pal
There are some stage adaptations that don’t translate well to the big screen. The Piano Lesson is not one of them. Based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning play, the f…
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