Doctor Sleep: reviews

What the critics say average 6.2 from 8 outlets

• 8.0 FotogramasFausto Fernández Excellent (...) Mike Flanagan has made 'The Shining' that Stephen King wanted in 1980 at the same time as the 'Doctor Dream' that Kubrick would have signed in 2019. Read
• 8.0 USA TodayBrian Truitt But Flanagan's 'Doctor Sleep' respects both King's and Kubrick's visions while letting a rising horror master go his own way, too Read
• 7.5 VarietyOwen Gleiberman Long and prosaic but also creepy and scary (...) This sequel to 'The Shining' may register, in the end, as a long footnote, but it makes you glad that you got to play in that sinister funhouse again. Read
• 6.0 EmpireChris Hewitt Working off source material that is very different from its predecessor, anyone expecting a straightforward Shining sequel will be disappointed. This isn?t a gruelling exercise in pure horror. It?s odder and more contemplative, but worth checking in. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy It doesn?t have Jack Nicholson, Stanley Kubrick or even much of the Overlook Hotel, but Rebecca Ferguson and other good actors provide some shine of their own in Doctor Sleep, a drawn-out and seldom pulse-quickening follow-up to The Shining that still has enough going on to forestall any audience slumber. Read
• 6.0 El PeriódicoQuim Casas It does not get as heavy as the second installment of 'It'. (...) It is impossible to forget about 'The Shining' but it shines, the redundancy is worth it, with its own breath (or steam). Read
• 4.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw Despite some big moments, this seems cumbersome and unnecessary: a dimming of the original Read
• 4.0 The WrapRobert Abele Well-intentioned but unsatisfactory (...) [It tries] to live its own life before succumbing to the tempting pull of recognizable terrors. Read