Editing The Piano (section)

===Critical reception===
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| footer            = The performances of [[Holly Hunter]] and [[Anna Paquin]] garnered widespread critical acclaim, earning them [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] respectively.
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Reviews for the film were overwhelmingly positive. [[Roger Ebert]] wrote: "''The Piano'' is as peculiar and haunting as any film I've seen" and "it is one of those rare movies that is not just about a story, or some characters, but about a whole universe of feeling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-piano-1993 |title=The Piano |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=19 November 1993 |access-date=3 July 2017 |work=Rogerebert.com}}</ref> [[Hal Hinson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it an "evocative, powerful, extraordinarily beautiful film".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thepianorhinson_a0a8ab.htm |title='The Piano' (R) |last=Hinson |first=Hal |date=19 November 1993 |access-date=3 July 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

''The Piano'' was named one of the best films of 1993 by 86 film critics, making it the most acclaimed film of 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1994/01/09/86-thumbs-up-for-once-the-nations-critics-agree-on-the-years-best-movies/1bbb0968-690e-4c02-9c8b-0c3b4b5b4a1e/|title=86 Thumbs Up! For Once, The Nation's Critics Agree on The Year's Best Movies |newspaper=The Washington Post|first1=Pat|last1=McGilligan|first2=Mark|last2=Rowl|date=January 9, 1994|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>

In his ''2013 Movie Guide'', [[Leonard Maltin]] gave the film three and half out of four stars, calling the film a "haunting, unpredictable tale of love and sex told from a woman's point of view" and went on to say "writer-director Campion has fashioned a highly original fable, showing the tragedy and triumph erotic passion can bring to one's daily life".<ref name="bookref1">{{cite book| last=Maltin| first=Leonard|title=2013 Movie Guide| year=2012|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=1084|isbn=978-0-451-23774-3}}</ref>

On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 71 reviews, and an average rating of 8.50/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Powered by Holly Hunter's main performance, ''The Piano'' is a truth-seeking romance played in the key of erotic passion."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Piano (1993) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piano |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-piano |title=The Piano Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>