If you loved The Boys Are Back, try Shine

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Scott Hicks, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Boys Are Back, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Shine is

Rain Man with Rachmaninoff. A young piano prodigy collapses under pressure from his overbearing father and the demands of concert performance. Geoffrey Rush's singular performance makes this more than another comeback story.

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