An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O'Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomás as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around - and within - us all.
A Shine of Rainbows has generally received positive reviews.
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A Shine of Rainbows was released in 2009 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 40 reviews, giving A Shine of Rainbows (2009) an average rating of 66%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 51%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with A Shine of Rainbows than critics were.
With a score of 66%, A Shine of Rainbows is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2009 with similar scores include films like Orphan, My Sister's Keeper and Agora.
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