- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- October 30, 2019 (5 years ago)
- Alias
- Stephen King's Doctor Sleep · The Shining 2
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Genres
- Supernatural & Paranormal
- Production companies
- Intrepid Pictures · Vertigo Entertainment · Warner Bros. Pictures
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- Rating
- R
Doctor Sleep

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Cast
Ewan McGregorDanny Torrance
Kyliegh CurranAbra Stone
Rebecca FergusonRose the Hat
Cliff CurtisBilly Freeman
Zahn McClarnonCrow Daddy
Emily Alyn LindSnakebite Andi
Selena AnduzeApron Annie
Robert LongstreetBarry the Chunk
Carel StruyckenGrampa Flick
Katie ParkerSilent Sarey
Jamie FlanaganDiesel Doug
Met ClarkShort Eddie
Zackary MomohDavid Stone
Jocelin DonahueLucy Stone
Dakota HickmanYoung Abra
Carl LumblyDick Halloran
Henry ThomasThe Bartender
Bruce GreenwoodDr. John Dalton
Sallye HooksMrs. Massey
Alex EssoeWendy Torrance
Roger Dale FloydYoung Danny
George MengertCharlie
Jacob TremblayBradley Trevor
Chelsea TalmadgeDeenie
Violet McGrawViolet
Bethany Anne LindViolet's Mother
Nicholas PryorEddie
Deadra MooreMrs. Robertson
Jason DavisBusinessman
Alyssa GonzalezSupermarket Clerk
Shane BradyMagician
Danny LloydBaseball Spectator
Michael MonksDelbert Grady
Hugh MaguireHorace Derwent
Sadie HeimGrady Twin
Kk HeimGrady Twin
Mistie GibbyBobbie
Callie Brook McClincyLibrary Kid
Logan MedinaLibrary Kid
Johnnie GordonLibrary Kid #3
Molly C. QuinnMrs. Grady
Evan DumouchelVictor T. Boorman
MacLeod AndrewsRoger Macassi
Fedor SteerVito the Chopper
Charles GreenU.S. Senator
Marc FarleyJames Parris
Juan Carlos Romero PerezBaseball Coach
Sarah MorrisonGirl
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Reviews
'Doctor Sleep' brings the chills while Ewan McGregor brings the heart Ewan McGregor stars in a sequel to the 1980 horror film "The Shining." The film is also based on a Stephen King book.
Doctor Sleep review: The Shining’s Danny Torrance returns to the Overlook Hotel The now-grown and troubled survivor of The Shining, played by Ewan McGregor, meets old ghosts in Mike Flanagan’s effectively unsettling sequel, which r...
[Review] Mike Flanagan’s ‘Doctor Sleep’ is a Beautiful, Shining Horror Masterpiece The sheer overwhelming gall it must take to direct a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining – as vaunted a horror masterpiece as any committed to cellul...
Trying to serve two masters in ‘Doctor Sleep’ - The Boston Globe The movie simultaneously attempts to honor both Stephen King’s writing and Stanley Kubrick's iconic film, "The Shining."
‘Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep’: Ewan McGregor makes a decent Danny in sequel to ‘The Shining’ The satisfying follow-up nods to both King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s movie
‘Doctor Sleep’ review: ‘The Shining’ sequel can’t shake its origin story What is the hold that “The Shining” has over us, culturally? It’s the popularity of Stephen King, indeed, but it’s also, specifically, Stanley Kubric...
‘Doctor Sleep’ shines bright before flaming out down the stretch ‘Doctor Sleep’ owes a bigger debt to the Stanley Kubrick film than the books, with Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance in a movie that flames out down the stretch
Review: ‘Doctor Sleep’ is a depressing, soulless sequel to ‘The Shining’ H-e-e-ere's Ewan! Ewan McGregor stars as the grown-up Danny Torrance, who takes a peek in the new horror film 'Doctor Sleep,' a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's…
Review: 'Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep' wide awake with thrills Ewan McGregor stars in follow-up film that stands on its own, for the most part
Doctor Sleep review: The Shining sequel isn't perfect – but Rebecca Ferguson shines Come and play with us (again), Danny.
Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan adapts Stephen King's bestselling novel in a long-awaited sequel to The Shining. Read the Empire review.
'Doctor Sleep' takes 'The Shining' and puts a hat on a hat 'Doctor Sleep' is way too long, clashing somber sobriety with loony cheap thrills, and its homages to 'The Shining' turn shameless and cheap.
Doctor Sleep - FilmInk For even casual fans of The Shining (book or movie), or quality horror in general, this is absolutely one you won’t want to Overlook.
The Fundamental Conundrum of 'Doctor Sleep' Doctor Sleep review: "The film, like the novel, can’t compete with its predecessor" Don’t overlook this spiritual sequel to The Shining. But don’t expect it get close to Kubrick’s original, either.
‘Doctor Sleep’: Film Review THR review: In 'Doctor Sleep,' Mike Flanagan's big-screen follow-up to 'The Shining,' Ewan McGregor stars as little Danny Torrance all grown up.
Doctor Sleep review: The Shining sequel takes on Kubrick's film but in doing so makes a mistake ‘Doctor Sleep’ Review: ‘The Shining’ Sequel Struggles to Salute Book and Movie at Once Mike Flanagan's adaptation of King's novel is an ambitious homage to the movie and the book that proves why they never clicked.
Doctor Sleep: Like an evening in a Shining theme park Review: Ewan McGregor stars in a less intense sequel to The Shining
Review: 'The Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep' succeeds under the influence of both King and Kubrick Ewan McGregor plays an all-grown-up Danny Torrance in an inspired horror-fantasy that seeks to reconcile Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick.
Doctor Sleep review – Honours both the book and movie Ewan McGregor retreads familiar ground in this sequel to Stephen King’s (and Stanley Kubrick’s) The Shining.
Boys Will Be Boys in “Ford v Ferrari” James Mangold’s strongest film yet, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, feels like a character study strapped into an action flick.
'Doctor Sleep' Is Haunted By The Ghost Of Stanley Kubrick Mike Flanagan directs a meandering, imitative sequel to both the Stephen King book and the Stanley Kubrick movie, The Shining; its nonhorror elements prove m...
‘Doctor Sleep’ review: A gripping ‘Shining’ sequel Heeeeeeere’s Johnny…’s review of “Doctor Sleep.” If you’ve ever sat up at night thinking, “What happened to Shelley Duvall and the creepy kid i...
Doctor Sleep is a tuneless cover version of The Shining Stephen King’s Shining sequel now has a blunt screen adaptation.
Doctor Sleep Thirty-six years after publishing The Shining,Stephen King returned to the world where the Overlook Hotel once stood to catchup with how things have been goi...
Doctor Sleep movie review & film summary (2019) While one can sometimes feel Flanagan struggling to satisfy both King and Kubrick fans when he really should be trusting his own vision, he’s talented enou...
Movie Review: Danny might live here after all, Mrs. Torrance, as “Doctor Sleep” It takes forever to get going. “Doctor Sleep” has to give us all this backstory, remind us who Danny Torrance, the kid with “The Shining,” was. It ha...
'Doctor Sleep' Review: 'Shining' Sequel Haunted By Ghosts of Horrors Past 'Doctor Sleep' brings 'The Shining's Danny Torrance—and moviegoers—back to the Overlook Hotel. Peter Travers on the King-and-Kubrick sequel.
"Doctor Sleep" is a great movie that does justice to Kubrick's "The Shining" "Doctor Sleep" feels like a logical continuation of the plot in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining."
‘Doctor Sleep’ Review: Hollywood Goes Back to the Overlook Both Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick fans should be happy with Mike Flanagan’s adaptation.
‘Doctor Sleep’: Review Ewan McGregor is the grown up Danny Torrance struggling to control his demons in this sequel to The Shining
'Doctor Sleep' Review: 'The Shining' Sequel Attempts To Reconcile The Conflicting Views Of Kubrick And King - SlashFilm Doctor Sleep is a sequel to both Stephen King's The Shining and Stanely Kubrick's The Shining, and those are two very different things.
All plot and no shine makes Doctor Sleep a dull sequel Kubrick's 1980 outing still keeps us guessing. The follow-up won't.
'Doctor Sleep': A Horror Sequel That Tries to Do the Impossible Mike Flanagan’s follow-up to "The Shining" strives to pay homage to Stanley Kubrick’s classic and remain faithful to Stephen King’s original novel.
‘Doctor Sleep’ Review: ‘The Shining’ Gets a Visually Gorgeous and Narratively Fulfilling Sequel Finding the right way to approach Doctor Sleep requires a bizarre amount of extra-textual introspection. Here we have a film that is a sequel to The Shining ...
Review: The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep is grounds for cinematic malpractice Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep serves mostly as a reminder of just how potent Stanley Kubrick’s film was. Or Stephen King’s original novel
'Doctor Sleep': Mike Flanagan Attempts To Honor Both Kubrick & King In This Mediocre Blockbuster [Review] When Mike Flanagan signed on to write, direct, and edit “Doctor Sleep,” he took on a complicated legacy. How do you adapt a best-selling novel (Stephe...
'Doctor Sleep' Film Review: King-Crowned Horror Sequel Suffers When It's a Kubrick Homage Not overlooking Kubrick is well-intentioned, but the film undercuts its own compelling new story
Review: Stephen King's 'Doctor Sleep' revisits 'Shining' scares with a solid follow-up As a grownup Danny Torrance, Ewan McGregor fights psychic vampires and returns to the Overlook in Stephen King's 'The Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep.'
Doctor Sleep Works Best When It Stops Worrying and Forgets Stanley Kubrick Mike Flanagan's new Stephen King adaption, starring Ian McEwan, is satisfyingly chock-full of dread—and bogged down by too many nods to The Shining.
Film Review: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Stephen King's 2013 sequel to 'The Shining' gets turned into a movie that's long and prosaic but also creepy and scary.
Doctor Sleep Is a Horror Film of Messy Pleasures Mike Flanagan’s spiritual sequel to The Shining is elevated by great performances. But King’s and Kubrick’s legacies loom large.
Review: Doctor Sleep Is A Conflicted And Unwieldy Sequel Doctor Sleep is a conflicted and unwieldy sequel attempting to unite worlds (King and Kubrick) while telling an original story from yet another filmmaker's v...
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