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Doctor Sleep

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Sequel of:

Stephen King's The Shining (TV Miniseries)

Original title: Doctor Sleep
Year: 2019
Running time: 151 min.
Country: United States
Director: Mike Flanagan
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman, Mike Flanagan. Novel: Stephen King
Music: The Newton Brothers
Cinematography: Michael Fimognari
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Carl Lumbly, Cliff Curtis, Alex Essoe, Bruce Greenwood, Jacob Tremblay, Catherine Parker, Robert Longstreet, Carel Struycken, Emily Alyn Lind, Selena Anduze, Henry Thomas, Jocelin Donahue, Chelsea Talmadge, Juan Gaspard, Deadra Moore, David Michael-Smith, Kevin Petruski Jr., Mistie Gibby, Met ClarkSee 10 More
Producer: Warner Bros., Intrepid Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Genre: Horror. Thriller | Psychological Thriller. Supernatural. Sequel
Movie Groups: Stephen King Adaptations
Synopsis: This sequel to "The Shining" begins as Danny Torrance (McGregor) carries the trauma of the Overlook Hotel into adulthood. He’s become a reflection of his murderous father, with lingering rage and a drinking problem that dulls his pain as well as his “shining” powers. Those powers return when he embraces sobriety and uses his gift to help the dying at a hospice. He establishes a psychic connection with a young girl who shares his extreme abilities, and who is being targeted by a group with similar abilities. They’ve found that their powers grow if they inhale the “steam” that comes off others with the power to shine, when they are suffering painful deaths.

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#15 Ranking of Horror Movies in the last 5 years
#64 Supernatural Horror Ranking

Critics' reviews

"Long and prosaic but also creepy and scary (...) This sequel to 'The Shining' may register, in the end, as a long footnote, but it makes you glad that you got to play in that sinister funhouse again."

Owen Gleiberman: Variety
"But Flanagan's 'Doctor Sleep' respects both King's and Kubrick's visions while letting a rising horror master go his own way, too (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Brian Truitt: USA Today
"Beneath the movie’s slick surfaces there is also an insistent, pulsing humanity, an understanding of the deep emotional underpinnings of King’s fiction."

Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
"For most of its runtime, 'Doctor Sleep' succeeds by building its own identity and staying far away from Kubrick’s film."

Chris Evangelista: SlashFilm
"Well-intentioned but unsatisfactory (...) [It tries] to live its own life before succumbing to the tempting pull of recognizable terrors."

Robert Abele: The Wrap
"A worthy successor to 'The Shining', and as if that weren’t enough, it’s also a complex work of thoughtful film criticism (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

William Bibbiani: Bloody Disgusting
"Flanagan’s considerable talents work best on their own terms, but aside from a handful of stunning visual tangents, “Doctor Sleep” never escapes the labyrinthine shadows of its predecessors."

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
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37 My Top 10 Movies from 2019 (105)
49 Movies I've Watched during Pandemic (40)
91 My Favorite Movie Sequels (13)

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