Other reviews of the Ewan McGregor project might have the filmmakers screaming bloody redrum.
Doctor Sleepis a prosaic movie, but one that earns its shock waves of emotion, writesVarietys Owen Gleiberman.
Doctor Sleepis a mess.
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TheShininghomages turn shameless and cheap.
The jumpscares are more funny than scary.
Dan is a problem.
McGregor used to be such a livewire performer, but hes frozen stolid here.
Doctor Sleepcreeps into theaters on Nov. 8.
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Darren Franich (EW)Doctor Sleepis a mess.
Its way too long, clashing somber sobriety with loony cheap thrills.
TheShininghomages turn shameless and cheap.
The jumpscares are more funny than scary.
Dan is a problem.
McGregor used to be such a livewire performer, but hes frozen stolid here.
That it works as well as it does is a testament to the ominous pull of Stephen Kings imagination.
Interestingly, despite more redrum than you could shake a kcits at, it isnt particularly scary or unsettling.
Perhaps Flanagan knew that trying to matchThe Shiningin the terror stakes was a fools errand.
Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian)DidThe Shiningneed a sequel?
Well its got one now, adapted by director Mike Flanagan from Stephen Kings 2013 followup novel.
Your attention is distracted from the central figure, who might otherwise have been an actual object of fascination.
