@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-22 17:00 UTC
The Shining: every character holds the idiot ball with both hands and a strap.
1980 · Drama / Horror
The Shining
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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RELEASE DATE
1980
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Drama / Horror
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
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@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-11 22:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, The Shining.
@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-21 07:00 UTC
The Shining is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.
@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-10 18:00 UTC
The Shining confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
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r/criticalkino · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 1.0k points
The cinematography in The Shining is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched The Shining last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/flicks · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 3.0k points
Hot Take: The Shining's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the The Shining performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/TrueFilm · u/CinephileCynic🔥 1.4k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Shining actually is?
Just got out of The Shining and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/boxoffice · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.3k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The Shining?
Director clearly thought The Shining was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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