Genre: Horror / Thriller Director(s): Stanley Kubrick Release Date: 01 January 1980 Movie rating: 8.4

If you haven't seen this movie, you haven't seen anything that the movie industry has to offer. Jack Nicholson's performance in this movie is just phenomenal! In The Shining from 1980, he plays Jack Torrance. You also have a chance to see other great actors such as Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloys, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson and many others who are showing why they were and still are popular. The IMDb rating of 8.5 is only one of the reasons for you to watch it. The fact that Stanley Kubrick was in charge of the directing is an additional reason for sure. Jack Torrance has a task to do, his job is to take care of a hotel in Colorado. He is a family man and that is why he decides to take his wife and son to the hotel in order to be around and to keep him company. The nights can be very long and that is not all, but he feels lonely all the time and that is affecting him in a bad way. His son Danny sees some weird images powered by The Shining, which is actually a force. Jack got really affected by this. It was very interesting for us to watch Nicholson act like he is going through a mental breakdown and that is one of the high moments of the movie.

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