Doctor Sleep | November 8 2019 | Ewan McGregor is Danny | Jacob Tremblay joins

[Porthos]

 

[Alli]

4/5  http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/doctor-sleep-la-diabolique-suite-de-shining-29-10-2019-8182800.php

[shawntyrel]

seems good reviews are coming

 

 

[Lucas]

49/100 on MetaCritic after 4 reviews.

[John Marston]

reviews look kind of mixed

[cookie]

Up to 59 after 12 reviews.

[Lucas]

Rottentomatoes' being slow but at least 10 out of 13 reviews are fresh, way more could've been added that we can't see. Percentage is circa 76-79%.

Edited October 30, 2019 by Lucas

[ThomasNicole]

76% with 22 reviews

 

6.76 average

 

Seems good

[John Marston]

definitely many reviewers comparing it to Kubrick so it will be a high bar for them

[Lucas]

23 fresh, 7 rotten, 6.87/10 average, 77%.

[Krissykins]

Pleasantly surprised about the reviews. 
 

I thought this was going to be a mess, considering the reviews are coming out the day before release (31st here in UK).

 

 

[RealLyre]

knowing the director's past track record I was expecting better reviews (Gerald's Game was amazing) but they seem to be decent enough I guess. 

 

 

 

does anyone know if you need to watch the original Shining to understand this sequel? 

[Jonwo]

Even the rotten reviews aren't actually that bad. 

 

The Shining when it was released also had mixed reviews so Doctor Sleep is following in its footsteps.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Surprised this wasn't released in line with Halloween. Reviews seem solid. Expecting a crowd pleaser for the genre at least. Can this do 100+ DOM?

[Jonwo]

Just now, JohnnyGossamer said:

Surprised this wasn't released in line with Halloween. Reviews seem solid. Expecting a crowd pleaser for the genre at least. Can this do 100+ DOM?

My guess is that WB didn't want to go head to head with Terminator but also didn't want to eat into Joker's audience. 

[Ryan Reynolds]

Dont trust critics they nominated The Shining for a bunch of Razzies 

[gadd]

Saw an advance screening of this last night. I don't see this being very audience-friendly for a number of reasons (the length, lack of traditional jump scares or just scares in general), but I have to commend Flanagan for his commitment to telling character-driven horror stories, though this plays more like a psychological thriller. The time spent with the antagonists (The True Knot) in particular was so pleasing, and Rebecca Ferguson crushes it as you would expect.

Overall I would recommend this with some reservations, but I would be intrigued to revisit it at some point because, as he demonstrated with The Haunting of Hill House, Flanagan has probably left some neat easter eggs or subtle visual motifs lingering throughout.

[ThomasNicole]

Now 78% with 7.04 average 

 

Pretty good

[SLAM!]

 

It's a rave.

[Brainbug]

19 hours ago, RealLyre said:

knowing the director's past track record I was expecting better reviews (Gerald's Game was amazing) but they seem to be decent enough I guess. 

 

 

 

does anyone know if you need to watch the original Shining to understand this sequel? 

 

Having read the book Doctor Sleep, it would be very helpfull for you if you watched the Shining. Id say its necessary for the best possible experience.

 

Also: Why woudnt you watch The Shining? Its one of the best films of all time.