▁the ▁film ▁" p raise - worth y ". ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Gate , ▁Bob ▁Graham ▁accepted ▁the ▁film ' s ▁amb ition ▁and ▁jud ged ▁Samuel ▁L . ▁Jackson ▁to ▁be ▁cool ▁in ▁the ▁role , ▁in ▁a ▁very ▁different ▁way ▁than ▁in ▁P ulp ▁F iction ▁( 1 9 9 4 ). ▁In ▁National ▁Review , ▁Jay ▁Nord ling er ▁pra ised ▁Cor igli ano ' s ▁sound track ▁but ▁critic ized ▁Gir ard ' s ▁direction ▁and ▁film . ▁ ▁In ▁Queen ' s ▁Qu arter ly , ▁Maurice ▁Y ac ow ar ▁analyz ed ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁present ing ▁the ▁characters ▁of ▁Kas par , ▁X ian , ▁P eng ▁and ▁Mor ritz ▁as ▁manifest ations ▁of ▁different ▁aspects ▁of ▁B uss oti ' s ▁pass ions , ▁while ▁the ▁characters ▁of ▁P ous sin ▁and ▁bid der ▁Rus el sky ▁wanted ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁instrument ▁to ▁further ▁their ▁own ▁interests . ▁Y ac ow ar ▁concluded ▁the ▁film ▁" expl ores ▁pass ions ▁directed ▁out wards ". ▁In ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Journal ▁of ▁Film ▁Studies , ▁Br enda ▁Long f ellow ▁critic ized ▁the ▁film ▁for ▁material ism ▁and ▁dep ict ing ▁" the ▁sacrifice ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁on ▁the ▁alt ar ▁of ▁art ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁readers ▁of ▁Play back ▁voted ▁The ▁Red ▁Vi olin ▁the ▁third ▁best ▁Canadian ▁film ▁ever . ▁ ▁Acc ol ades ▁Compos er ▁John ▁Cor igli ano ▁was ▁previously ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁Best