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- Shine was met with acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 91% approval rating based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The critical consensus states, "featuring a strong performance from Geoffrey Rush, Shine succeeds in telling a compelling, inspirational story without resorting to cheap sentimentality".
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Nov 29, 1996 · Drama. 105 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1996. Roger Ebert. November 29, 1996. 5 min read. Wandering in the rain, the man looks like one of the walking wounded. His talk is obsessive chatter, looping back on itself, seizing on words and finding nonsense associations for them. He laughs a lot and seems desperately affable.
Shine: Directed by Scott Hicks. With Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood. David Helfgott, a gifted pianist, struggles through childhood as his dysfunctional father abuses him and his siblings. Years later, he suffers a mental breakdown but manages to return as a legend.
- Scott Hicks
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Intense, gripping mental illness music drama. Read Common Sense Media's Shine review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Geoffrey Rush, John Gielgud, Lynn Redgrave
- Scott Hicks
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Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions.
AwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultNominatedNominatedWonNominatedFeaturing a strong performance from Geoffrey Rush, Shine succeeds in telling a compelling, inspirational story without resorting to cheap sentimentality. Read Critics Reviews
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Nov 29, 1996 · Movie Review: 'Shine'. Australian pianist David Helfgott, now 49, was, by all accounts, a genius of a child prodigy. The sensitive son of an overwhelming Polish father who, having escaped the ...
Shine (Australia, 1996) A movie review by James Berardinelli. Shine is a deceptively simple title for an amazingly powerful motion picture. Based on the life story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, director Scott Hicks' (Sebastian and the Sparrow) film touches on themes as diverse as the nature of genius, the triumph over adversity, and the ...