Doctor Sleep , Mike Flanagan ’s adjustment of Stephen King ’s continuation novel to The Shining , has animpossibly gamy pedigreeto know up to in the shape of Kubrick’sThe Shiningadaptation , one of the good horror films ever made . So how did he do ?
Well , the other embargo is up and impressions are set about to dribble in on the Twitterverse . That ’s what they call it , right ? And they ’re promising ! Critics are calling the picture one of the best King adaptations in age , if not ever . Exciting .
It ’s been a outstanding twelvemonth for Stephen King adaptations but I think#DoctorSleepis the good of the bunch . Thrilled me in ways I was n’t expect , made me emotional at times & Rebecca Ferguson is ferocious . What a tremendous celebration of Kubrick , King & @flanaganfilm ’s career as well.pic.twitter.com/jQ8ktEeUVE

Not again.Image: Warner Bros.
— Heatherface Wixson ( @thehorrorchick)October 25 , 2019
As a Brobdingnagian sports fan of Kubrick ’s The smooth , King ’s book & Mike Flanagan , I ’m vertiginous that Doctor Sleep is seriously gravid . It ’s an excellent & close adaptation that makes saucy changes — particularly melding the ' 80 moving-picture show & the sequel Bible — and the casting / performances are phenomenalpic.twitter.com/tvkDt3jonJ
— Eric Eisenberg ( @eeisenberg)October 25 , 2019

DOCTOR SLEEP : The bold choice here is that Mike Flanagan does n’t even attempt to do Kubrick . He makes a Mike Flanagan movie : spooky , emotional , ultimately optimistic . Not only a continuation to THE SHINING , but a reply to it , an effort to accommodate King and Kubrick . Loved it .
— Jacob Hall ( @JacobSHall)October 25 , 2019
fan of#TheShiningare really gon na love#DoctorSleep . It ’s at its secure when its fueled by follow - up . Starts slowly and descends into madness , just like its forerunner . One specific scene is really horrifying , some unanimous scares , and good performances across the board.pic.twitter.com/NnHcq1ia8Q

— BD ( @BrandonDavisBD)October 25 , 2019
DoctorSleepMovie : A hallucinogenic horrorscape,@flanaganfilmchannels King ’s arouse nightmare & inherited trauma artfully . foxiness intuitive , disorder dread not too different to Kubrick ’s masterpiece . McGregor & Ferguson give perfectly pitched performances.@DoctorSleepFilmpic.twitter.com/IF6YJhDBTz
— Courtney Howard ( @Lulamaybelle)October 25 , 2019

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And it turns out , it ’s not just the critics who were impressed , as the embargo lifting also gave Stephen King himself a chance to endorse the movie , which is not something he ’s always inclined to do .

DOCTOR SLEEP : Mike Flanagan is a talented theater director , but he ’s also an first-class storyteller . The movie is a salutary thing . You ’ll like this if you liked THE SHINING , but you ’ll also like it if you like SHAWSHANK . It ’s immersive .
— Stephen King ( @StephenKing)October 23 , 2019
look at King ’s own ambivalent account with Kubrick ’s adaptation of his work , which this movie is in part a answer to , that ’s quite an intriguing endorsement indeed . The full reviews are n’t in yet , but I ’ll be eager to take more about the photographic film when they are , and to maybe take a look at it when it finally expend . King fans , this might be the one to get excited about .

https://gizmodo.com/how-doctor-sleep-stays-true-to-both-stephen-king-and-st-1837904962
Doctor Sleep comes out November 8 , 2019 .
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