Movie #31: The Shining

Movie #: 31
Movie Title: The Shining
Year Released: 1980

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Notable Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

Short Description: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: #47
Ranker.com: #35
Lifed.com: #49
Empire.com: #52
FilmCrave.com: #28
FlickChart.com: #26



Date Watched: 10/31/2016

Grade: 4 out of 5 (Excellent)
Adjusted Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: The Shining gets a 3.5 out of 5 almost solely based on the outstanding performance of Jack Nicholson. Without his performance as deranged hotel caretaker Jack Torrance it's likely The Shining falls flat on its face because his wife, played by Shelley Duvall, was annoying and their son, played by Danny Lloyd, seemed wooden. Really, there isn't much more that can be said beyond Jack is the man and definitely not a dull boy. On a side note, it was a total and pretty cool coincidence that this happened to be the next movie on my list and I watched it on Halloween night.