We also recently watched Shine again. We've seen this one before, but since it's a truly wonderful movie my wife wanted to see it again (which is a rariety).
If you haven't seen this movie see it. Geoffrey Rush stars as a virtuoso piano player who basically looses it due to constant abuse from his father. Rush won the Oscar for best actor, and the film was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000090/">Armin Mueller-Stahl), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Best Picture, Best Writing. With a list like that you know it's going to be great.
It's really wonderfully done, Rush is just amazing in his role, even if he isn't in even half of the film (much of the film is in flash back showing Rush's character as a child) - which makes it even more amazing that he won best actor - a testament to his incredible performance.
I can't stress enough how great this movie is, if you haven't seen it and you're in the mood for a drama (it's really not super heavy and is very funny at times) see this film.
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This is the most uplifting movie I have seen in recent times - the complete triumph of the human spirit, the wicked musical genius and the transformational power of love. On the face of it, you hate the father's guts but deep down, you empathize with him for he is the victim of his own ghastly past. I think that duality has been potrayed rather well. Geoffrey Rush is just magnificient. A definite "must see" for anyone.