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The Shining

1980 • 143 minutes
4.6
371 reviews
83%
Tomatometer
15
Rating
Eligible

About this movie

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the winter caretaker at the opulently ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. Before the Overlook is vacated for the Torrances, the manager (Barry Nelson) informs Jack that a previous caretaker went crazy and slaughtered his family; Jack thinks it's no problem, but Danny's "shining" hints otherwise. Settling into their routine, Danny cruises through the empty corridors on his Big Wheel and plays in the topiary maze with Wendy, while Jack sets up shop in a cavernous lounge with strict orders not to be disturbed. Danny's alter ego, "Tony," however, starts warning of "redrum" as Danny is plagued by more blood-soaked visions of the past, and a blocked Jack starts visiting the hotel bar for a few visions of his own. Frightened by her husband's behavior and Danny's visit to the forbidding Room 237, Wendy soon discovers what Jack has really been doing in his study all day, and what the hotel has done to Jack.
Rating
15

Ratings and reviews

4.6
371 reviews
Jamie Seddon
May 2, 2021
There is now a second listing of this exact film on this Store as of June 2020. Unfortunately for everyone like me who bought this listing of The Shining, they will not be getting it upgraded into 4K like the other listing of an otherwise great movie. Fix it Google/Warner Bros, stop longing off your Customers.
louie oldfield
October 18, 2019
This Is The Worst Movie Ever I Hate That Movie So Very Much Like Stephen King It's Nothing Like Stephen King's Novel But The Mini Series Version By ABC Is Much Better Because It's Based On The Novel by Stephen King And They Need To Cancel the Doctor Sleep Movie And Do ABC's Doctor Sleep Mini Series But I Do Like The Other Stanley Kubrick Movies But Not The Shining So Thank you And Goodbye
Dan Williams
December 24, 2013
Downloaded this film and it just pauses played all the way threw turned it off after 40 minutes amazon u ripped me off thanks for that wont be buying films from u again
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