‘TUNER’: A CEREBRAL THRILLER WITH A MORE UNIQUE CONCEPT
An intense mystery that is, for lack of a better word, a little bit weird, Tuner is a recent to streaming release.
Tuner (2026) Film Review
Working hard has been something Niki White (Leo Woodall) knows how to do. He works with Harry Horowitz (Dustin Hoffman), a businessman who has been tuning pianos at the same price for over thirty years. Niki was once a promising pianist whose hyperacusis diagnosis took all of this away from him. Amidst business struggles and bills, Harry soon suffers health setbacks which leaves Niki working solo, and trying to pay the mounting bills of this man who has been so good to him.
This vulnerability then leads him to work as a safe cracker for a shady security company that robs its clients.
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‘TUNER’: A CEREBRAL THRILLER WITH A MORE UNIQUE CONCEPT Share on XThis is one of those thrillers that is more cerebral and slower than whatever big budget is currently playing at the box office with a big name attached. Tuner does still boast a good cast, but it has one of the cinematic elements that can somehow (and for some reason) make me want to pull my hair out. I detest villainy that has the baddies using someone’s knowable weakness to manipulate them into doing their bidding. But worse than that, what really (oddly) gets to me are baddies who kind of make you think maybe they are okay and then they’re not. So, yeah, the combination of the two is, for me, a worst possible villain scenario. But yeah, I’m weird like that.
Once I dealt with this, I did think the movie was pretty good. I like Niki despite his human failings and the musical elements are neat. The supporting characters in his life, both of whom happen to be women, are also admirable if under developed. For those of us who don’t mind a slower-paced thrill ride or if you liked Baby Driver, I think you may find lots to enjoy in Tuner. It has some classic stylings of its genre, but also makes some room to be its own story, which I admire.
Stream, at publication, Tuner with Paramount+; or digitally purchase from places like Prime Video
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Content: this one has a lot of profanity including the f-word. There is also some intensity including violence (someone is beat up badly). Death and heath issues also play a role in the story and characters receive threats. The film rates R.
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Tuner sounds intriguing.