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Tuner Earns Strong Argentine Reviews for Roher’s Genre-Bending Debut

Positive reviews single out Leo Woodall’s breakout lead while highlighting Daniel Roher’s move from documentary to scripted filmmaking.

Overview

  • Argentine critics published reviews on Thursday that praised Leo Woodall’s performance as Niki, a piano tuner whose hyperacusis and perfect ear drive the film’s premise.
  • The film, directed and co-written by Daniel Roher with Robert Ramsey, mixes heist-thriller mechanics with romantic-comedy beats and classic Hollywood genre touches.
  • Dustin Hoffman appears in a valued supporting role as Niki’s mentor, and reviewers note several veteran and international actors in the cast, including Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz and Jean Reno.
  • Critics highlighted the movie’s inventive use of sound as a narrative device while also pointing out moments where the plot asks viewers to accept unlikely coincidences.
  • The distributor BF París has rolled the film into Argentine cinemas, with listings in multiple Buenos Aires venues and reviewers giving the release an overall "muy buena" evaluation.