THE SHINING (DIDIER BECU)

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2003)

For those who take the horrorsection not for serious (I know there is plenty of crap out there) let them see this masterpiece as Stanley Kubrick can be an example of how great horror must be done as it's both great on the scale of cinematographic skills and horrorthrills. The story is quite known : an ordinary family (well, what's in a name?) are taking care of an isolated hotel and even if the cook warns them what happened with the family before who took care after the hotel, Jack is sure that nothing can happen with him, he has the job of his life.... The movie is really superb and that has to do with three immortal performances : Jack Nicholson is the devil himself and along with "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" it might be his best role, Shelley Duvall plays brilliant as the scary wife and the little Danny Lloyd is superb as well (wait till you hear him saying Red Rum!!!!). A masterpiece.