Not Worth Your Time, or The Film it was Made On

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2003)

AVOID THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lots of brain dead Kubrick-heads will try to tell you that this is the best Horror Movie ever simply because Kubrick made it. This is a FALSEHOOD.
First off, it's not a Horror Movie. You have to at least try to be scary to be a Horror Movie. This film never even makes an effort in that regard.
Second off, it's not good. Even if you try to watch it as just a "suspense movie" and forget about all this Horror which you are supposed to be exposed thru all throughout this movie, it's still just not a good movie. There is no plot to speak of. The Wife and Son, and the Hotel for that matter, who should ALL be treated as equal characters to Jack (and in the case of Danny and the Hotel, MORE important) are all pushed to the side so that we can constantly be treated to scene after scene of Jack Nicholson completely botching every aspect of his character. How the man ever had a career, much less a successful one, after this travesty is beyond me.
Do yourself a favor and try to catch the ABC TV Miniseries version. Stephen King actually oversaw that one to make sure it came out right. And it did.