What a movie

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2006)

Sure Kubrick drifted from the novel, but it's still a hell of a movie.
Fed up with low annual salary as a school teacher, Jack Torrance decides to pursue a career in writing. Soon Jack gets the job as winter caretaker at a luxurious hotel in Colorado. It sounds like a dreamjob to Jack as he will have plenty of time on his hands to write. Little does he know how "cabin fever" will set in and he will eventually lose his mind.
Nicholson's over the top performance and Kubrick's perfection driven direction help propel the movie into being a masterpiece.
***1/2/****