Room 237
Directed by Rodney Ascher
Five fans of THE SHINING explain their bizarre theories about the film's true meaning in this must-see doc about the passion Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film inspires in viewers. One fan thinks the film is about the slaughter of Native Americans, while another thinks it's about the supposedly faked Apollo 11 moon landing. But whether you agree with their outlandish conjectures (and no contradictory historical evidence is included) or not is less the point than the power cinematic creations have to lodge themselves in our brain and never let go. Contains violence and gore.
Five fans of THE SHINING explain their bizarre theories about the film's true meaning.
Cast: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns
Member Reviews
I actually found this entertaining but probably not for the reason most would. As stated by another reviewer this was supposed to show how impactful a movie can be on someone. How it can grip them and either show them something simple or go off the rails. They find hidden meaning where there is none. Create foolish and insane reasoning on how if you do this, just this specific way you can get this. That is what I liked about this film. The extreme cases when sanity breaks down and the tin foil hat comes out. I got a kick out of that but even then there is only so much I can watch before I have to stop.
This is very boring, I LOVE The Shining but had to turn this off after 30 minutes. This just talks about facts everyone on the internet already knows, save yourself time by actually watching The Shining. Doctor Sleep is hands down better and I was on the fence about it
So many reviewers completely missing the point of the film. Yes some of these theories are out there. Yes people can find meaning in silly things. The point of this documentary is to show how a film can be so beloved, how people can find their own truths, and just how powerful a film could be for the people who love it.
Unwatchably dull, snide and pedantic, though a few parts--like how the hotel, architecturally, couldn't exist, and the question of whether Jack is hallucinating right from the beginning--are admittedly interesting.
It was fun, but upon realizing the director wasn’t driving home a point about how absurdities result from over analysis, the film lost its shine, so to speak.