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Rating of
1.5/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 11/20/2014
This all documentary could have been a interesting and a great Documentary, but the pasting is messy and the overall movie itself is dull. Room 237 is documentary featuring five different points of view - it will lead viewers through a maze that may well bring up more questions than answers. All through out this documentary you can hear different people talking out of their ass, because all of the facts and theories in documentary are mostly silly and kind of pointless if I have to say. Laughable, all over the place and overall a messy documentary that could have been interesting. If this looked at all the hidden secret's behind The Shining it would be watchable, but that not the case here.
Rating of
2.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 11/04/2013
What I got out of this documentary is that The Shining may just hold the secret behind the Holocaust and the (fake?) Apollo moon landing... and also that people have way too much time on their hands. It's both fascinating and laughable at the same time - but I applaud the people who dug deep into this film to come up with such... interesting interpretations to a classic horror film. Are they right? Maybe - or maybe they're a bit unhinged, but it's a good watch for Kubrick fans at least.
Rating of
2.5/4
MikePA - wrote on 04/29/2013
Room 237 is a very slow and patient, but mostly fascinating and sometimes scary documentary on the secrets of Stanly Kubrick's great horror film, The Shining. Through voice overs and film footage, five film buffs dive deep (very, very, very, very, very, VERY deep) into the secrets, the underlying elements, and subliminal messages of The Shining. I found some of their ramblings to be rather laughable, while many of them are interesting and pretty terrifying. It's a difficult film to sit through if you become uninterested - I grew bored during most of the second half. But if you're a fan of Kubrick (I love some of his films, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange in particular) you will find a lot to enjoy in Room 237. 2.5/4
