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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 01 Jan 2000

Strays from the source material, but still a creepy classic…

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By Shane Burridge (68) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

The idea of the haunted house is turned completely inside out…

Review of The Shining (1980)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Jul 1996

Kubrick is after a cool, sunlit vision of hell, born in the bosom of the nuclear family, but his imagery--with its compulsive symmetry and…

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By Janet Maslin (949) for The New York Times (9,847) on 23 Aug 1994

Meticulously detailed and never less than fascinating, The Shining may be the first movie that ever made its audience jump with a title that…

Review of The Shining (1980)

By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Oct 1993

It is a daring thing the director has done, this bleaching out of all the cheap thrills, this dashing of all the hopes one brings to what is,…

Review of The Shining (1980)

By Pauline Kael (368) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 06 May 1988

It is a daring thing the director has done, this bleaching out of all the cheap thrills, this dashing of all the hopes one brings to what is,…

Review of The Shining (1980)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 11 Sep 1987

The unhurried pace, extended dialogue scenes and those sudden, sinister inter-titles (One Month Later, 4pm) contribute to the insidious unease…

Review of The Shining (1980)

By Jeremy Knox (18) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Jun 1985

For a supposed mainstream movie, Kubrick’s The Shining isn’t very audience friendly…

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