![]() ![]() The classic 1980 Warners logo has barely left the screen before we are presented with virtual shot-by-shot restagings of well-remembered scenes: Danny pedalling his bike, the crone in the bath, the eerie twins. ![]() It is well-known that King has little time for Stanley Kubrick’s film of The Shining, but no sequel was going to get by without leaning towards that copper-bottomed classic. If only it weren’t for the evil step-parent lurking in the wings. He finds that assistance in a small town where he dries out and locates work at a local hospice. More rooted and vulnerable than usual, McGregor convinces as a ruined man (we hardly need explain what did the damage) who needs a helping hand to get him back on the straight path. The grown-up Danny carries around many of the author’s familiar concerns: regrets about family, worries about mortality, a tendency to wake and discover he’s thrown up on his date. Rebecca Ferguson is Rose the Hat, a sort of MTV witch – Stevie Nicks's titfer and Joan Jett's strides - who sucks power from kids with Danny's gifts.įor much of its lengthy duration, Doctor Sleep reminds us why King matters and reassures us that he’s still got it (or some of it). As you will almost certainly be aware, Doctor Sleep is adapted from Stephen King’s sequel to his own novel The Shining.Įwan McGregor plays the psychic Danny Torrance, son to mad Jack, now grown into a disappointed drunk. Few are the films that have such a dysfunctional relationship with their sources and predecessors. ![]()
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