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Rating: 8/10 (10 November 2009)

It's the most difficult to write a review on the classics. It's always easier to write on movies that have very few reviews and nothing much been said. So when I came to write on The Shining, I found 1008 reviews. Wow! I mean what more could be said! You are scared that whatever you are gonna say has been definitely said and you don't have time to read all those reviews to make sure you are writing something brand new.
To cut the story short and to make it easy for those who have not watched it yet, one thousand something review is definitely definitely a very clear sign that the movie is a must see. You don't want to let a movie that has been seen by everybody else, do you? You love the idea of ghosts? does the idea of a vacant hotel which has rooms where a murder was committed attract you? Come on, it's a hunted hotel in a very cold place and nothing surrounds it but trees covered with stories of snow and a small family of parents and their little kid have to live in this hotel for months alone, and you don't feel the least tempted to watch?!
One more final thing, the father is Jack Nicholson and the director is Kubrick!