As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott's musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions.... (Full plot summary below)
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As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott's musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions.
Leave your thoughts about Shine.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe fact that David Helfgott lived the outlines of these events--that he triumphed, that he fell, that he came slowly back--adds an enormous weight of meaning to the film. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonDelivers a full emotional palette without undue sentimentalizing. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannPopular filmmaking at its smartest and most persuasive. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is unbelievably rich material, and I can say without reservation that Scott Hicks' work deserves the highest recognition. Shine truly does what its name says. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsA tremendous biopic about overcoming the odds. It's what 'A Beautiful Mind' wants to grow up to be. |
| TNT RoughCutAndy JonesIt's a film which aims to persuade us of its truth without props or signposts--and it does so with unforgettable beauty. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsIt is a passionately told story, in highly cinematic yet accessible language, about one life: what makes it extraordinary is the performance of Geoffrey Rush and the rest of the cast. |
| Time OutTrevor JohnstonCompassionate, deft, unsentimental, inspirational. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThe movie does what any great musician should: It lifts an idea to the heights of ecstasy; it sells its song. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThanks to fine acting and its vividly unconventional protagonist, it pumps fresh blood into a conventional formula. |
