I rewatched "The Shining" after not having seen it for a long time. I seem to have remembered it a lot more fondly, but now I see why Stephen King wasn't really fond of it. Stanley Kubrick really should have reigned in Nicholson's performance there. Everybody else's acting was perfect, but Nicholson's facial expressions, especially his eyebrow movements, and his head tilts are just distracting. Shelley Duvall's performance, while hysterical for most of the film, I think keeps with the reality of the situation she's in.
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