Some great acting

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2002)

It as taken a long time for me to get round to watching The Shining which is a surprise considering i love Stephen king movies and films of this type (as long as they are not teenage slasher movies,Yawn). Having now seen it i can see why this scared the pants off millions of people in 1980 and even now is very scary although it does look a little dated. The acting is superb , especially from Jack Nicholson and from the young boy , Danny Lloyd. This big let down from the Shining is the end. Without giving anything away it has a Flat finish and is a bit of a cop out which , for me, spoilt the movie. Apparently Stephen king hated this adaptation of his book and refused to endorse the movie.Maybe the ending is the reason why. 7 out of 10.