The Shining
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Studio
N/A
Release
13 Jun 1980
Runtime
146 min
Genres
Drama, Horror
Cast & Characters
Jack Nicholson
Shelley Duvall
Danny Lloyd
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Critical Assessment
IMDb
8.4/10
RT Critics
84%
Metacritic
68/100
The Shining holds 8.4/10 on IMDb (1,216,349 votes), 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, 68/100 on Metacritic.
Not enough independent critic/audience score breakdown available.
Ratings as of 2026-07-30
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AI Verdict
AI-generatedBased on aggregated scores (8.4/10 on IMDb (1,216,349 votes), 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, 68/100 on Metacritic), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
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