The Competition

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Audience Member The Competition is an amazing film about two people involved in a piano competition and each other. Richard Dreyfuss is the epitome of stress and Amy Irving is delightful and exudes an innocent charm and grace you can't help but fall in love with. Lee Remick is a force of discipline and understanding as Amy Irving's teacher. Every element of this film from the music to the direction flows perfectly with the story and creates a near perfect cinematic experience. I highly recommend it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving learn the strains of music competition when it comes to being a professional pianist the pressure is on and no one can afford any distractions Paul takes one last chance at the California competition in San Francisco and a young girl, Heidi is doing the same for her it's more to actually make her mother proud since she's the 6th in line to be taught in a line of students by Beethoven during the course of the film they meet and make their positions quite clear to win but they didn't expect to fall passionately in love the real issue is can they still be together if one of them ends up winning or losing the biggest shot at their respective careers? maybe some things aren't meant to be shared, can you break the cardinal rule while competing and fall in love at the same time?, nothing can eat into our concentration, there's such a thing as competitive edge and some believe that's the only thing for people to focus on, should a musician be only married to their music? the movie runs too long at 2 hours and there's a lot of conversations and an unnecessary subplot of one of the other contestants getting into trouble but Dreyfuss and Irving are the best reason to watch; they feel like real people experiencing frustrated and complicated feelings the piano concerto performances are top-notch too so for musician lovers it's worthy Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I like the movie for the music, (fell in love with Prokofieve, and started playing piano again) and I'm amazed that of the 6 finalists, only one could actually play the piano. The studio hired someone to teach the other 5 finalists fingering. How they synced it to the actual music is to my not exceedingly over-critical mind amazing. However (spoiler alert), those two 'lovers' have no chance in hell. He could never play second fiddle to a woman superior to himself. When he said it would seep into his playing and bed, he wasn't kidding. Absolutely serious. Unless he became her manager or conductor, or booking agent or a psychopath. A sequel placed 10 years hence would find her successful and him either an alcoholic, city school teacher or lounge lizard. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review uncle p Story/Screenplay: (2.5/5) A moderately entertaining romance drama about a competitive romantic relationship that develops between two contestants in an elite piano competition. Duration/Tempo: (2/5) At 2 hours and 3 minutes, it's a long movie that felt long. Pacing was slow throughout. Long shots of boring piano concertos didn't help. Cast & Crew: (3/5) Richard Dreyfuss was only OK, but Amy Irving was good. Unfortunately, there was no chemistry between them. Summary: (2.5/5) The story and cast were only OK and the film felt long. A thumbs down. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Will someone give this a blu-ray and DVD release with full commentaries and documentaries. Give it a re-release at the cinema even. Powerhouse performances from Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving. Script perfection. Cinematic perfection. Oscar worthy film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Was a fabulous movie in all respects. Was one of very few movies I saw back when first released that Stuck with me to see again. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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