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| User Count Like for Room 237 : 4,075 | |
| All Critics Count For Room 237 : 60 | |
| All Critics Percentage For Room 237 : 95 % | |
| All Critics Ranting For Room 237 : 7.5 | |
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| It works like a Kubrickian Da Vinci Code, and it lures you into seeing The Shining as a kind of feature-length Zapruder film. Owen Gleiberman-Entertainment Weekly Room 237 evokes the appeal of conspiracy theories while refusing to endorse or completely disavow them. Steve Erickson-Village Voice Steadily, Room 237 becomes a rare kind of bird: a critical analysis that leans not on unquestionable authority but creative speculation. Joshua Rothkopf-Time Out New York ...brings the realms of film theory and conspiracy theory a bit closer together. William Goss-MSN Movies [An] intriguing documentary ... Kenneth Turan-Los Angeles Times What's attractive about 'Room 237' is how it demands that we look more closely at films, and think about motives and subtexts. Dave Calhoun-Time Out ...theory-drunk ... hydra-headed exposition of the joys of deep reading and a boundary-pushing experiment in fair usage of copyrighted material. Chris Barsanti-Film Journal International I found myself torn between wanting to see The Shining again immediately and never, ever wanting to see it again. Alonso Duralde-The Wrap The rapturous responses seem over-the-top for this modest, entertaining,visually clever film. The fun is arguing with its subjects' looney theories; rewatch The Shining first. Caryn James-James on screenS I don't necessarily buy any of these alternate readings, but the passion these people bring to their theories is such that you're at least willing to meet them halfway. Tim Grierson-Deadspin A delightfully odd film, but also an enjoyable one for film fans. Mark Adams-Screen International The wave of hype about this movie has already started. To which I'd offer this thought: Bull****. Marshall Fine-Hollywood & Fine The doc positions The Shining as a comparably coiled, thematically overflowing microcosm--standing in for cinema, for history, for obsession, for postmodern theory buckling under the film's heft. John Semley-Slant Magazine A bunch of obsessives obsessing about an obsessive movie maker's obsessive movie. Roger Moore-Movie Nation Kubrick fans will find the way the film points out things you may not have noticed interesting, regardless of whether you consider such things to be meaningless inconsistencies or carefully seeded clues. Ian Berriman-SFX Magazine For Kubrick aficionados or fans of "The Shining," Rodney Ascher's fine toothed combing of the 1980 horror film is intelligent, clever, and incredibly engrossing... Felix Vasquez Jr.-Cinema Crazed Weird interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining' concocted of wacky conspiracy theories and urban legends. Robert Roten-Laramie Movie Scope Guarantees a whole new perspective on the 1980 movie, while making any future viewing of The Shining immense fun with all this fresh information to process and flashes of madness to sort out. It's a hypnotic documentary. Brian Orndorf-Blu-ray.com Tells us more about 'The Shining" than we ever thought possible, though not a single interpretation voiced in this doc could be accurate. Harvey S. Karten-Compuserve Astonishing playful and idiosyncratic cult film documentary by LA filmmaker Rodney Ascher. Dennis Schwartz-Ozus' World Movie Reviews | |
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