"Tuner"
Leo Woodall goes from tuning pianos to cracking safes in “Tuner,” from Black Bear Pictures

"Tuner"

Safecracker Leo Woodall tunes pianos with Dustin Hoffman in a minor crime thriller that pays major dividends in humor, heart and sweet music.

By Peter Travers

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★★★ (3 out of 4)

Sometimes good things really do come in small indie packages. Take “Tuner,” now in theaters where rising Brit newcomer Leo Woodall (“The White Lotus,” “Nuremberg,” “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”) pairs up with all-timer Dustin Hoffman (Legends don’t need credits.) as piano tuners turned small time crooks. Generations separate Woodall, 29, and Hoffman, 88, but their teamwork is an unalloyed, unexpected pleasure.