Doctor Sleep hits cinemas across the UK from today and last night we brought you our review of the film. But what did the so-called “top critics” think of Mike Flanagan’s sequel to The Shining?
The film currently holds a 78% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 review. Their critics consensus reads:
Doctor Sleep forsakes the elemental terror of its predecessor for a more contemplative sequel that balances poignant themes against spine-tingling chills.
Here’s what some of the sites top critics thought of the film:
The Wrap
A flat Frankenstein of a fright flick that stops and starts with frustrating regularity as it tries to memorialize the horror maestro’s newer story elements while tipping a filmic hat to what the late cinema god etched into our brains.
LA Times
In a way that poignantly echoes the plight of young Danny himself, the new movie sometimes brings to mind a child caught between two quarreling parents, and attempting to stage a reconciliation.
USA Today
It’s nothing to go channeling your inner Jack Nicholson and chopping through doors. But Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep” respects both King’s and Kubrick’s visions while letting a rising horror master go his own way, too. [3/4]
Variety
I found myself lured into a movie that dares to depict evil as something that makes us suck in our breath.
Hollywood Reporter
Just when things threaten to slow to a stall, you can count on Ferguson to roar to the occasion to shake you; when she’s around, she’s the whole show, threatening, cajoling, erotically boiling when prey is at hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R36yFAha2Q&feature=youtu.beDoctor Sleep stars Ewan McGregor (“Star Wars: Episodes I, II & III,” “T2 Trainspotting”) as Dan Torrance, Rebecca Ferguson (the “Mission: Impossible” films, “The Greatest Showman”) as Rose the Hat, and Kyliegh Curran, in her major feature film debut, as Abra. The main ensemble cast also includes Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind, Bruce Greenwood, Jocelin Donahue, Alex Essoe and Cliff Curtis. Trevor Macy and Jon Berg produced the film, with Roy Lee, Scott Lumpkin, Akiva Goldsman and Kevin McCormick serving as executive producers.
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