VividSimon Simply Perfect

Steineded How sad is this?

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

dianajade-47643 Seymour: an Introduction is one of the most touching films I've watched. The title character, Seymour, is charming beyond words. He is beautifully portrayed by Ethan Hawke. The film provides candid interviews with former students and notables of the world of classical music. Each glimpse of this master teacher brings the audience closer to seeing a natural-born teacher in his element. Seymour has mastered the art of inspiring his students to reach the beyond their limits to create the best music they can. Seymour himself seems to magically sprinkle fairy dust on every piano he touches! He is an inspiration to both pianists and non-pianists everywhere. This film will, hopefully, in time, become a classic.

Film Nut Some very thoughtful and well-written reviews have been posted about this film. Justifiably so!For me the beauty of it is in it's pure portrayal of a regular guy who understood early what captivated him.....and his joy for it and exploration of it has never wavered. He remained a performing musician for as long as it made sense to him and then transitioned to being a valued teacher of other musicians.Seymour is also a thinker and has come to some meaningful and wonderful conclusions about life and purpose. He articulates those in his ever gentle manner. I very much identified with the part where he speaks of looking within for answers and meaning more than looking to external entities or individuals to provide you with those. So, so true.I was quite choked up towards the end but not from sadness; no, quite the opposite. From bearing witness to a life that has been, all of, fulfilling, purposeful, simple, deep, accomplished, stressful, pained from difficult relationships, enlightened and content.Ethan Hawke, who has never really resonated with me (sorry, bro), as writer and director, has produced a fantastic film. I would say this is his calling and I walked out of the movie thinking, 'oh my gosh, I hope he does more films like this.' Go see it.

kuhlmawi As a musician of 50 years standing and an international teaching and performing career, I can honestly say, this movie was a "stunner". Professor Bernstein embodies all of those qualities of a teacher, a performer and a wise professor of life and culture that we all emulate and have tried in our careers to articulate. He is more than a "guru" but an icon of performance practice and pedagogy that will stand the test of time in this important and beautiful film.Ethan Hawke should be commended and lauded for bringing this important man and his wisdom to light in this profound way. In my opinion, this film should be "required viewing" for every pedagogue, music lover, and aspiring performer. It should (at least) be in the library of every university, music school and college in the country. Fantastic film and the best music film I have ever seen.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . I drove way out to view SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION. It turns out that director Ethan Hawke's film doesn't even mention the Glass Family (or even BOYHOOD's Evans clan). SEYMOUR actually is about a father who had "three daughters and a pianist." After this ivory tickler saw body bags when drafted into the U.S. Army fighting in Korea, he cut short his concert career to become a piano teacher (like Marion the Librarian in THE MUSIC MAN). This title character, Seymour Bernstein, apparently lacked the stomach to tackle the showier popular pieces a concert career demands, such as Rachmaninoff's Third, which was pulled off by the mental guy in SHINE. Disparaging successful, crowd-pleasing pianists here such as Glenn Gould, Liberace, and Billy Joel, Mr. Bernstein spends his post-concert hall years in his one-room apartment composing pieces with titles like "Belinda the Chipmunk" and pounding out tunes written by unbalanced minds, such as that 25-year-old guy who married a Sweet Sixteen gal, Schumann. They say "Those who can, do." Others teach.