Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, adapted from the August Wilson play, has Oscar best-picture prospects and possible acting nominees in John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler as siblings bickering over what to do with the family piano.

All that being said, I don't think that The Piano Lesson is a perfect film. The movie's pacing and runtime bogged it down at points, which is no doubt because it's an adaptation of a full stage play.

As part of Denzel Washington’s agreement with August Wilson’s estate to bring all ten plays in the Century Cycle to the silver screen, The Piano Lesson, directed by Denzel’s son Malcolm in his feature debut,