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1996

Rush Performance Buoys “Shine”

March 31, 1996 Stephen Michael Brown

Great music, superior performances and an engaging true life story of a pianist who suffers a mental breakdown culminate in a touching experience in Scott Hicks’ Shine (B+). Most of the film’s moments are genuinely mobbing, and Geoffrey Rush is a revelation.

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