Syndicated newspaper column written about three weeks after The Shining opened in the U.S.

Like most of Stanley Kubrick’s films, the initial critical reaction was very mixed. While the film had its proponents, most of the reviews derided the film for being banal, slow, and too loosely adapted from Stephen King’s novel.

While opinions still vary on the film, and debate still rages about the relative merits of the book versus the film, The Shining has cemented a place for itself among the classics of modern cinema, and is still being talked about nearly thirty-five years after its release.