Great, but...

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 1999)

I'm a classical musician, and I loved this film. As I'm not a big fan of feature films, I hadn't seen Geoffrey Rush in anything until I saw "Shine". His performance is astounding. I would have given it a '10', but one aspect of the film severely works against it: the writer obviously knew nothing about classical music. The way David and his teacher at the Royal College interact is a JOKE. That aside, it's a wonderful film.