Worst Adaptation of a Stephen King Novel Ever

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2000)

This has to be Stanley Kubrick's worst film since "Barry Lyndon" (sorry I haven't seen "Eyes Wide Shut"), & certainly the worst adaptation of a Stephen King novel EVER. Kubrick has changed the entire focus of the story from a "haunted house" story, to the story of one man's trip into insanity (especially since Nicholson had just won an Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest). Kubrick's egotistical attempt to make it his story and NOT King's is epitomized by the changing of the room # of the "lady in the tub." The topper was the killing of the cook Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), Danny & Wendy's savior, moments after his arrival. At this point in the movie, my wife had to restrain me from leaving the theater (opening day).
My recommendation: Read the Stephen King novel (one of his best) or see the Steven Webber/Rebecca DeMornay TV mini-series, but AVOID "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (it certainly is NOT "Stephen King's The Shining") AT ALL COSTS.