Vitus (2006)

Simply A Masterpiece

Load of rubbish!!

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This is a wonderful little gem from Switzerland about a piano wunderkind, a kid who is smarter and more intuitive than almost anyone around him--except his grandfather (Bruno Ganz, in a wonderfully nuanced performance). Yes, the film is perhaps overly sentimental, and yes, it's occasionally a wee bit improbable (if not impossible)--but the performances from the entire cast are first rate.This is one of those films about evolving into the person you are at heart instead of becoming the person others expect you to be, and is what is termed a "heart-warming" film, and for those open to it, indeed it is: no murders, no explosions, no trendy violence. Instead, the story is perfectly paced, full of characters you can care about.Leave your scientific logic at the door and open up to the spell of Vitus; otherwise--why bother? (the kid really can play the piano--it's amazing to see those tiny hands pounding out the classics with sensitivity and power!)

This is one of those films that is very misleading w/it's cover & even it's basic explanation of what it's about. I won't give anything away except that it shows a little boy on the cover playing the piano. That little boy is the star of this movie as well as the man (Bruno Ganz who played Hitler brilliantly in the 4 star movie "Downfall") that plays his grandfather. This is a terrific film in so many ways. It has a great story & is extremely heartwarming. If you haven't seen this or even heard of it give this a whirl. Ebert gave it 3 stars which is a little less than what I would give it. Even if you don't like subtitles (get over it already huh?) this is a film that you won't mind having them. If there is anything to complain about it's that it might be a little too dragged out in certain places. That is my only complaint in the entire film. I am keeping my eye on the people involved in this very enjoyable movie to see what will come next.

How many movies have you watched that were made in Switzerland? Well, this one was and seems to be favorably received. The user comments here are almost all filled with plaudits for the film. I agree, with a few reservations.Although I enjoyed the movie and was pretty entertained by it, I thought it got a little carried away in the last 40 minutes or so and all credibility went flying out the window. First, the good news: all the characters were interesting and the story had a unique twist to it, one that I doubt anyone could see coming. I won't say what it is, but just don't expect the normal "child prodigy" story.Many scenes in the final third of the movie, I thought, got too unrealistic. A 12-year-old boy gone for hours - at an expensive condo he bought unknown to his parents, at expensive restaurants, pulling all of kinds of business deals with background checks, climbing up into an airplane with nobody seeing him? - on and on. There are just too many scenes that have huge holes in them like, well, Swiss cheese. In addition, the kid is obnoxious many times and the parents unrealistic. I felt more than a touch of elitism thrown into this story.I think the oddest part of the film was the mother speaking English about every fifth sentence. What's up with that? Still, I think many people will enjoy this movie because the story, even with the holes, is still entertaining enough to sit through, which is more than you can say for a lot of two-hour films.

Maybe you would relate Vitus to Vitas , but they are not the same one or the brothers . Vitus is a gifted young who owns a talent of piano with a very high IQ, so he has grown to be so great and mature at a disharmonious age , which makes him feel lonely and special he doesn't like . Except for grandfather and Isabel , no one understands him. He only wants to become a common boy like others , but must fly over the barriers and prevention of the world . "Let go something in life , take your courage," then Vitus did make it . He succeeded to fly away from the peoples' prejudice to another new world he had been dreaming.Here I think of Sim 41's "So Long Good-Bye". Perhaps Vitus prefers this punk genre to the classical. We should dare to say goodbye to "the adult world" and we need our freedom to live. "…Look up to the stars and believe who you are…"