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In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki's safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory.

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Critics Consensus

Announcing Leo Woodall as a compelling star talent, Tuner enhances its nifty caper setup with a smart sense of humor and vivid characterizations.

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Audience Says

An engaging, deeply satisfying thriller with a perfectly calibrated cast, Tuner strikes all the right notes.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

3d

Roher knows that in crime flicks, as in jazz, pacing is everything: he reveals just enough but allows the audience to fill in the gaps.

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Odie Henderson

Boston Globe

3d

2.5/4

"Tuner" executes one audience-pleasing plot device too many, and the end result is infuriating. This is film so chock full of clichés that it plays like a montage of genres.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

3d

4/5

Warmhearted, genre-mixing and romantic, Tuner is wonderfully harmonious.

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

4h

4/5

It’s rare to see a heist thriller that’s character-driven with a deep emotional core. Documentary filmmaker Roher also has a knack for narrative storytelling, and Leo Woodall deserves more leading man roles.

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Nate Tinner-Williams

Black Catholic Messenger

1d

8/10

In the end, everyone but the bad guy wins, so to speak. It’s the perfect sort of symphony: One where even a few missed notes won’t be audible to the average audience member.

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Mark Meszoros

The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH)

1d

2.5/4

The hook of a piano tuner becoming a safe cracker is a really solid gimmick, and perhaps somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, stronger versions of "Tuner" exist, incarnations that lean more heavily on the romance or are playful heist movies.

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Joanne A

2h

passion and over view with

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michael p

4h

Reminded me of Baby Driver. The story moved a little slow here and there but it had its purpose. I had some questions left unanswered at the end about what the bad guys would do next but that's OK. Was a good show.

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Suzy

4h

At the end of the movie, I looked at my brother and said , do you have any idea what that was about? Too which he replied absolutely not. It had no reason or rhyme, it had no beginning and no end. Why we sat through the whole thing I couldnt tell you. My brother and I go to a lot of movies, most of them horror. We dont always love them, but I would say most of them are entertaining at the beginning and have an end. This movie really was horrendous. Alway of our money and timel. But we do love coming to this theater..

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MelP

9h

A beautiful mix of action, love, loss, perseverance and redemption. These are my favorite movies. They provide entertainment, acting was good and storyline timeless.

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Vanessa

15h

Great acting, great music, great story that ran through all the emotions.

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Rebekah S

20h

It was an artistically well made movie. I left the movie thinking a lot about the ending. I really enjoyed the movie. There havent been a lot of good movies lately, but this was a surprise.

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Ruthie

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Synopsis

In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki's safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory.

Director: Daniel Roher
Producer: JoAnne Sellar, Lila Yacoub, Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler
Screenwriter: Robert Ramsey, Daniel Roher
Distributor: Black Bear
Production Co: Elevation Pictures, English Breakfast Productions, Black Bear
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Brief Nudity|Some Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 49m