Variety best encapsulated the critics’ feelings: “With everything to work with, director Stanley Kubrick has teamed with jumpy Jack Nicholson to destroy all that was so terrifying about Stephen King’s bestseller so much it’s barely recognizable.” 6
Considered film faithful to book, and, in any interview, will say good things to promote the film.” 5 executives noted in an internal memo that King “loved it” – a reaction that appeared to be genuine and that was even confirmed by his agent: “Stephen King truly had a positive reaction. When he saw The Shining in a private screening two days before the film’s release, 4 Warner Bros.
You can sit in it, and you can enjoy the smell of the leather upholstery – the only thing you can’t do is drive it anywhere.” 3 King’s dislike of Kubrick’s film is so renowned that it is indeed surprising to find that his initial reaction to the film seemed favourable. In what is perhaps his most famous quote, King likened the film to “a great big beautiful Cadillac with no motor inside. Unremitting in his condemnation, King has criticised every element in the film, from the casting of the two leading actors to Kubrick’s direction. No other film has provoked King’s ire as much as Stanley Kubrick’s version of The Shining. In the past, he expressed reservations about several films: “There are some that leave me cold, like Christine,” he said once, “and there are some that I actively dislike, like Firestarter, Children of the Corn, and The Shining.” 2 Stephen King, who at the time of this writing has seen 48 feature films and 26 television series adapted from his works, 1 is no exception. It is a common trope that authors rarely like films based on their novels.
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