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Doctor Sleep (2019) Review
Doctor Sleep (2019): information
| Movie | Doctor Sleep |
| Real Name | N/a |
| Rating | 7.1 |
| Duration | 152 Min |
| Aired | 2019-10-30 |
| Types | MOVIE |
| Languages | English |
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Sources
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Tags
Based on novel or bookSupernaturalHaunted houseMelancholySequelPsychic powerReflectiveSuspensefulTenseCompassionateTragic
Directors
Mike Flanagan
Stars
Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind
Writers
Mike Flanagan
Companies
Vertigo Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Taglines
Return to the Overlook.
Description
Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".
Review
Author: Kamurai
Fantastic watch, will watch again, and do recommend.
I honestly wasn't excited about this one, so my expectations were low. I didn't realize it was Stephen King, let alone a sequel to "The Shining" until I watched it. I'm also not a big fan of "The Shining", but I haven't watched it since I learned to watch a movie critically.
After hearing about "shining" from everyone, I immediately got excited when I realize that was what this movie was all about. I've been waiting for this movie since "Push". This movie is honestly what "Star Wars: Episode I" should have been. This is how you give an explanation of how super powers work on a large scale: you tell a story that examples it, "do not say", it is how movies are supposed to work.
This was wonderfully casted: Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, and Rebecca Ferguson are amazing. There deliveries have weight to them, and it really makes the movie.
The production value is fantastic, they definitely didn't spare a cent to make this look as good or nostalgic as it needed to be.
There are aspects of the story I think we could have done without, mostly just for time purposes, and there are portions of the story that are just gratuitously graphic, and some of those two things overlap, but I'm not going to say that any of the movie would actually be better for it. The story, whether it be the movie or from the book, is exceedingly well paced, and powerful, every step of the way.
It has this wonderful theme of predators and prey, basically "There's always a bigger fish", but in a twisted, looping way.
If you can stand horror at all and like psychic powers, then definitely give this a watch.