Having read the IMDb reviews about this film beforehand, I was not sure what to expect but, despite all the implausibilities, I was still hooked until the very end. OK, so there are many criticisms you could make about the accuracy and detail etc, but it was still an exciting film. Somehow too much was crammed into the film so that it did not allow the characters to develop fully - Douglas' character remains an enigma (except that he did at least survive to marry Linda), Melanie Griffiths' character smacks of 'dumb blonde who hasn't a clue what she is doing'which is a bit unfair really but that is how she came over - and who knows what Joely Richardson's character was really up to? And Liam Neeson's part could almost have been played by an extra! This film could have been much better if it had had more depth - the actual story had so much more potential which the film failed to reach. And yet it was still very watchable - and I would happily see it again - because at least I know now that they made it over the white line into Switzerland!
Review of Shining Through
