Advantages: Great acting, and a strong character story, Wonderful music Disadvantages: Controversy as to the accurate portrayal of David's father
...pretty impressive credentials. But did SHINE live up to the hype?
To begin with on a superficial level, SHINE, is unfairly perceived to fall into the 'classical arts film'' category, as the story basically concerns itself with a young, gifted Australian classical pianist, David Helfgott, The fact that classical music features abundantly in this film may unfortunately put off many younger viewers who prefer to watch films featuring pop culture, when ... ...finds marriage.to an admirer.
SHINE isn't all deadly serious stuff.There are some wonderful humorous quotes scattered throughout the film. For example, when Isaac Stern offers the American scholarship to David who looks puzzled when he tells him it's in America, Stern adds "America. You know, land of the free, home of the brave. You know, Mickey Mouse." And there are other equally amusing lines and incidents.
SHINE is controversial as to how accurately ...
RippedoffPete 01.08.2008 (02.08.2008)
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Advantages: Great acting, and a heart warming story Disadvantages: Possibly not the whole truth of Helfgott
Every now and again there is a film that comes out of the Australia/NZ that is brilliant. It's just a shame we don't get to see more of them. "Shine" is one of those brilliant films.
Directed by Scott Hicks (Strictly Ballroom), the movie follows the true story of David Helfgott, and member of a Jewish family living in Australia, with a tyrannical father who wants him to win every piano competition he enters, even if he is only six.
But when he ... ...let the family be split up, and doesn't even let David choose for himself. But David wants to play his music...
The film tugs every heart string, but does it genuinely. With an Oscar winning performance from Geoffrey Rush as Helfgott, we follow him from an early age, right up until the 1990's. Skillfull direction and beautiful cinematography make this one of the best films of the decade. No mater who you are, you will enjoy this. ...
Kozinski 05.08.2000
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This tearjerker by Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks is a surprising story about real-life ... more
classical pianist David Helfgott, an Australian who rose to international prominence at a very young age in the 1950s and 1960s, and suffered a psychological coll...
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for Geoffrey Rush, make Shine the must-see motion picture event of the year!Inspired by the true story of Australian child prodigy David Helfgott (Rush), Shine exam...
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Production Year: 2003 - Drama - Director: Michael Winterbottom - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Jeanne Balibar
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