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31,115 Ratings

The Shining

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Directed by Stanley Kubrick
United States, United Kingdom, 1980
Horror

Synopsis

A brilliant adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a frustrated writer forced to take the job as caretaker of a remote mountainside hotel for the winter with his young family in tow. An evil presence lurking within causes his mental disintegration into madness and murder.

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Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

2005

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1980

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

2012

Golden Horse Film Festival

2012

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What are people saying?

  • Kenji's rating of the film The Shining

    Kenji

    Interesting to view it as film about the eradication of and building USA over Native American culture and lives, the cold war and Apollo 11 faked moon landing images.

    August 14, 2012 19:59

  • Richmond Hill's rating of the film The Shining

    Richmond Hill

    A typically sure-handed, if ascetic, treatment from this director which conveys the spatial unease created by certain architecture better than almost any other production. The covert references and subtext may well be true but whatever they are, they're subtly hidden beneath the austere Grand Guignol surface with nearly everything here on top-form.

    April 09, 2017 11:36

  • smndvdcl's rating of the film The Shining

    smndvdcl

    From an homage to the photographic surrealism of Arbus, to references of the moon landing of Apollo 11 and the conspiracy theories of Room 237. Kubrick's horror classic has become a phenomena due to the meticulous ambiguity of his representations. It is that very ambiguity that remains its haunting pulse. The renowned idiom "all work and no play make Jack a dull boy" only scratches the surface of the film's genius.

    May 08, 2016 22:17

  • Michael Zyx MH Claes's rating of the film The Shining

    Michael Zyx MH Claes

    Total mastery of the setting & the decor, great actors, like in EWS. Just S. KING's subject brings it to the level of a Christine, Carrie, or Poltergeist. https://www.facebook.com/zyx.mhclaes/media_set?set=a.152859444770207.31507.100001384583310&type=3 = Totale maîtrise du cadre, grandeur du décor, talent des comédiens, comme EWS. Juste le sujet Stephen KING le ramène au niveau d'un Christine, Carrie, ou Poltergeist.

    January 24, 2017 20:05

  • Wee Hunk's rating of the film The Shining

    Wee Hunk

    I saw this in a theater with someone who yawned their way through it. "What about the girls?" "Are you scared of little girls?" "No! They're not supposed to be there!" I also know people who think the Steven King version is better. "Don't you realize this is a masterpiece?" "Steven King's was closer to the book." "The book sucked! This is a profound meditation on fear! This is Nicholson at his prime!"

    December 04, 2015 00:05

  • Altair D.T's rating of the film The Shining

    Altair D.T

    Excellent in all cinematographic aspects. In my concept is simply perfect. Photography impactant, the best performance by Jack Nicholson in his career, a creepy music and a perfect direction. An exploration of human consciousness and unconsciousness that addresses our greatest fears, across the study of paranormal world.

    July 17, 2015 02:06

  • ASHES IN THE HOURGLASS's rating of the film The Shining

    ASHES IN THE HOURGLASS

    I don't hate this film, I just hate it's following. A bunch of symbolism does not make a great or scary film. The only brilliant part is the casting of Duvall who is genuinely annoying. All the people who spend hours of their life analyzing this in ROOM 237 have got to be the biggest wastes of life on this planet. Do something productive with your time instead. Up there with Clockwork and Lolita as Kubrick's worst.

    March 08, 2015 16:20

  • ig_____or's rating of the film The Shining

    ig_____or

    I actually read the Stephen King novel, and while the film adaptation deviates quite a bit from the book, leaving out a couple of great scenes and characters, I think it still does it justice. This is one of my favourite horror films, it's filled with iconic shots and moments. I remember catching this on TV, at night, many years ago, and getting really afraid to see it. I'm curious to read the sequel, "Doctor Sleep".

    February 16, 2015 16:42

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