Last updated: 4 June 2026
By Tristan ยท Arts, exhibitions and creative culture
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Cool Factor
★★★★☆
4 out of 5
Welcome to our Tuner film review, where a piano tuner with painfully sensitive ears discovers his gift works just as well on safes as it does on Steinways. On paper it sounds like a gimmick. In practice, Tuner is one of the warmest, most likeable crime dramas to reach UK cinemas this year, and it confirms what a lot of us suspected after The White Lotus: Leo Woodall is a proper film star.
The short version of this Tuner film review is simple. The performances are lovely, the New York setting glows, and the script has real wit. After a patient opening, the film also winds the tension surprisingly tight. So read on for the full verdict, and why it lands at a confident four out of five rather than the very top of our scale.
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