The Shining

1980 "A masterpiece of modern horror."
8.4| 2h24m| R| en
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Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

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Artivels Undescribable Perfection
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
dannyrovira-38154 Stanley Kubrick's monumental classic horror masterpiece is one of the great motion pictures of it's genre, which features a vivid star performance by Jack Nicholson which is unforgettable as the dangerously unbalanced writer who takes the job as winter caretaker of a huge hotel in the Colorado mountains which is inhabited by darl maleviolent forces which possesse him to murder his family. Excellent supporting performances by Shirley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and the late great Scatman Crothers. An extraordinary film in every sense of the word.
ben-southworth The Shining is one of those films that never ages.You NEED to watch this.
Leray97 The Shining is the best horror film I've ever watched and one of my favorite films of all time. In this genre, it is unparalleled in vision, atmosphere, and class.I was constantly wondering what his style of film making would turn out to be. Though because of how mysterious the premise of The Shining is, I can't say I've really learned much in that department other than the fact that Stanley Kubrick was definitely influenced by some of David Lynch's earlier works, which is awesome. This is not a bad thing though, that I didn't learn much, as the mystery of this film along with its endless possibilities for theories is what makes it so timeless and engaging. Even with its 2.5 hour runtime, I never felt drained by the end, in fact I was left with more questions I had going in. I love that this movie never gives the audience the satisfaction of knowing exactly what's going on. Much of the film feels like amusement art, where we're immersed into the world of the characters, enveloped in realism and tension. I say realism because one of the core themes of The Shining is about family. This makes way for many dialogue sequences that don't really seem like they are just the "what you see in the movies" type of thing. Because they can seem real, the story, at times, feels more grounded and personal.Even on a surface level, The Shining is such a well-made, perplexing cinematic masterpiece. Without even trying to further read into the plot, The Shining is already one of those slow but unsettling festivals of tension that effectively utilizes music and cinematography to captivate the audience every second of the way. Everyone who has praised this movie has talked about the cinematography, and I'm going to do it here again. It's amazing. The use of the Steadicam camera stabilizer along with the intense score made the tension so powerful and the film so visually appealing.Of course, I can't forget about Jack Nicholson. I haven't seen many of the movies he has starred in so this was definitely a sight to behold. Aside from the fact that he gives many great performances throughout the film, he just knows how to demand screen presence. My attention was always on him when he was on camera; he really has a way of "face acting" that helps the viewer kind of piece together what is going on inside his head. As far as acting goes in general, it doesn't get much better than this guy. In fact, as far as movies go, it doesn't get much better than this one either.
hunterryanbelkin Although 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange rank among the greatest films of all time, there's no doubt that Kubrick's The Shining is a flawless work of art with psychedelic, subconscious imagery and masterful filmmaking. It is an effective horror film for providing suspense. The framing and direction are as flawless and brilliant as we've all come to expect from Stanley Kubrick.