Tuner - Review

An Eligible Virtuoso.

Review written by Jack Aling

Tuner is directed by Daniel Roher and written by Daniel Roher and Robert Ramsey.

Niki White, apprentice to a New York City piano tuner, discovers a talent for safe-cracking when his hyperacusis-sharpened hearing allows him to open his mentor's forgotten safe. He begins working with a trio of Israeli thieves while secretly using the money to pay his mentor's hospital bills.

Tuner was not even on my radar but came out of nowhere to be a genuine surprise film at this year's London Film Festival.

Leo Woodall shines as a piano tuner turned safe cracker with hyperacusis in an engaging performance, leading with ease even with giants like Dustin Hoffman in the supporting cast.

A welcome dose of energy thanks to its fast pace and editing, the result is a blend of Whiplash meets Baby Driver

. A fantastic first narrative feature from Navalny director Daniel Roher.

Our verdict: 4 out of 5 stars.

Tuner arrives in UK cinemas 29 May 2026.

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