Not the classic I hoped for

Rating: 2/10 (7 February 2004)

I've read the book, and I've seen the miniseries, so my anticipation were huge before I was going to see this, the original movie, the classic. But alas, it didn't take long before I understood what this is - crap. Jack Nicholson is a great actor, and does his share here as well, but a single person cannot hold up a movie alone. The rest of the acting is really, really bad, and The Shining isn't even frightening.
I really do understand now why Stephen King didn't like this, it isn't even as close to the book as the miniseries.