"I'll never watch another movie again!" cried my sweet-hearted wife as she wept uncontrollably as the final scene ended. Touched, I wept with her, but made no such vow. She may not keep the vow either, but I can see why she said what she did. This was my second viewing, her first. This time, though, I was deeply touched by everything in the film. 12 years ago, when I first saw it, it was fun, interesting, and for me a real salvation for an actor--Tim Roth--who normally plays the bad guy. Today I can easily say that of the thousands of films I have seen, this one out-ranks all of them--definitely is #1 in my book. I honestly can think of no other great film that is as good. Mary Poppins comes to mind, but still doesn't make the grade like this one. Oh, and we love, love, love Jazz. There's Ragtime here, and Dixieland, and Roaring 20s Jazz, and other Jazz styles--and even quite a bit of Classical. Roger Waters even steps in for one of his classic solos written for this film--and I'm a big Pink Floyd fan because of, you guessed it, their Jazz influence. I've gushed enough, I guess, but see this one, then get a copy for yourself, and watch it once a year--to remind yourself that the inner world, the inner kingdom, is far and away better than anything that world out there has to offer. Anything.

I have this movie in my bookmark link for like several months. The title and the trailer of this movie didn't attract me at all. Because the title pretty much already told me there is no much contents in this story. It turned out I was right, yet a very simple story with overwhelming emotional moments. I fell in love to this movie in the first 10 minutes with its unique background of the character. If you have your own life-stories, you can resonate with the conversation. Unfortunately this is a movie for people who have really lived, enjoyed, and suffered. Probably very boring to many young people. I will definitely recommend this to people in my age. Not to mention the music is beautiful.

I've heard this movie for a long time, but just watched it recently. An old movie, with all the classics, slow pace and deep perception about life, or something even bigger. The movie begins with a good story. What bothers me a bit is what the Italian farmer said about the voice of the sea. For me, it is a bit pretentious. And later, his daughter mentioned again about chasing the voice of the sea. The scream. What is said is a secret. For me, this is too much! But I loved the music inspired by this girl. What really enthralled me in meaning is his argument about finite and infinite. He can only create infinite music through finite piano keys.This philosophical part I can always relate with. But the music that I enjoyed the most is one that played by the Jazz king, the second one, and the one inspired by that girl. What moved me is the end, when he said to him I'm sorry my friend, but I'm not leaving the ship. I started to cry even for the longitude (I watched the Italian version, 160 + m) So I jumped several details. But I was still moved to tears. I think it's the perfect act of Tim Roth. His eyes, his innocence was perfected illustrated through his empty gaze. I could not stop crying hearing he joking about his conversation in heaven. How can I play piano with two right arms?

This movie changed my life when I was a little kid.I don't know, there is something in it that capture me every time I watch it, even today. I think that you can fell a lot of magic from it. Sometimes it seems that you're reading a book, while you're watching it.The cast, well... is perfect for this movie: it helps you with the atmosphere of the whole story, and Tim Roth is really great, showing that he can be a wonderful actor in any role.I think that everyone should watch this, at least once, and try to absorb all the magic that it can transmit.Just a great masterpiece.