In 2011 there was Ryan Gosling neglecting stunt driving for heist getaways in Drive, which was then echoed by Ansel Elgort’s peerlessly fast taxi service in Baby Driver.
Tuner is a fine entry into this canon. Starring The White Lotus and One Day’s Leo Woodall in his best film role to date, it is a crime drama about a piano tuner who discovers that his curse of hyperacusis — a hearing condition that makes him "allergic to loud noises" — is in fact a gift when it comes to cracking safes. It is to burglars what telekinesis is to the X-Men.
To define Tuner as a straightforward crime film would be reductive, though, as buddy-drama and romcom elements are key to its breezy charms. An enjoyably cheery first act sees Niki (Woodall) driving around with his piano repairman boss and all-round father figure Harry Horowitz, played by Dustin Hoffman relishing the role of a jazz-loving codger who can talk about tuna sandwiches as much as Herbie Hancock.
Soon enough, the breaking bad begins when he goes to the vacant home of a wealthy piano owner and meets Uri, a home-security businessman with a side hustle of pilfering valuables from his own clients. From here, it must be said that the script treats all the expected genre clichés like sheet music that must be followed, but luckily Daniel Roher’s direction is a little more jazzy.
Before that, Roher made a film about rock group The Band, which perhaps better augurs Tuner as his narrative debut. Musical cues from the likes of Nina Simone, plus inventive sound design that keys us into Niki’s world and rapid cuts into safe locks, bring real verve to the storytelling and help it find a groove.
View Green Video on the source websiteHeadphoned and hunched throughout, Woodall is a more introverted presence than in his TV roles and here he gives an impressively physical performance as a man of competence but little confidence. When someone threatens him with an airhorn, you wince as if he were at gunpoint.
Third-act twists arrive in a predictable manner, but Roher finishes proceedings with a real flourish to leave Tuner feeling less like a rote re-recording of a familiar tune — and more a dynamic rendition with plenty of novel arrangements to keep your eyes and ears interested.
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