A film follows Niki, a piano tuner with exceptionally sensitive hearing who wears earplugs to cope with a loud world. He works for veteran tuner Harry Horowitz, whose warmth anchors an easy, unforced drama mixing romcom moments with a relaxed crime-thriller tone. Clients treat the tuners like odd-job workers, and a forgotten safe combination leads Niki to discover safe-cracking ability through his hearing. Niki meets student composer Ruthie at a conservatory, and their connection grows when she realizes he has perfect pitch and can identify every note she plays. The story introduces Uri, a home security operator with a criminal side hustle, and his psychological manipulation adds character surprises despite predictable plot turns.
"Woodall plays Niki, a tuner with exceptionally sensitive hearing who constantly wears earplugs to block out the deafeningly loud world. Niki works for veteran tuner Harry Horowitz, played with irresistible warmth by Hoffman. It's highly skilled work but a running joke in the film is that rich clients treat them like odd job men would you mind just unblocking the loo while you're here? When Harry forgets the combination to his safe, Niki discovers he has a skill for safe-cracking, thanks to his sensitive hearing."
"He also meets student composer Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu) while tuning the piano at a music conservatory. How they get together is nicely done: Ruthie is irritated by the disruption to her work by the arrival of the piano tuner, and she barely acknowledges Niki until she realises he has perfect pitch and can identify every note she plays. The scene taps into an undercurrent of class consciousness; the script is co-written by director Daniel Roher, a documentary maker who won an Oscar for his 2022 documentary Navalny, and Tuner is his feature-film debut."
"Niki meets Uri (Lior Raz), a guy who runs a home security company and has a side hustle robbing his clients. You can see where it's going as soon as Uri gets wind of Niki's safe-cracking skills. Still the characters do hold surprises even if the plot doesn't, including Uri, who is not your average mob psycho but a shrewd and psychological manipulator of people. Some of the best moments are the unhurri"
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