Doctor Sleep. It's well known that the original movie was hated by Stephen King, but was loved by the audiences. This director had to balance honoring the film that it is succeeding while also honoring the source material written by King. Let me just say, he nailed it.
The story is amazing. It clearly shows the aftermath of the original movie and shows you where the characters are and how the original movie affected them. It dives into the lore of that universe and tells you how things work. To me, that is my favorite part.
The heroes of the story are top notch. Flawed, but you can relate to them. Ewan McGregor as the Dan Torrance, the kid in the original. It shows you how good of a man he has become after the struggles he had his whole life. He becomes the hero that the hotel cook knew he would be. Ewan is just stellar in his performance. Always puts on a good show, but he was was on another level in this.
The little girl, Abra Stone, is legit a BAMF. It is not one of those Mary Sue cases, as it explains very clearly why she is so powerful. When she talked massive shit to her enemies, you believed it. The actress, Kyliegh Curran, honestly stole the entire movie for me.
The villains' motivation is clearly defined and it starts their arc off right away that these people are evil, if people is what they even are. The movie does a good job of making you hate these people. Rebecca Ferguson plays the lead villain and her performance is nothing short of phenomenal.
Now about that ending though. Fans of The Shining will not be disappointed. The ending is one giant fan service to the fans, so you can probably see where they are going at the end. Honestly, even without that ending, the story was so fulfilling in it's own right and the characters are so well developed that when it does get to the ending, the fan service is like having your cake and eating it too.
Overall, this is my favorite movie of the year so far. When the credits rolled, I verbally said, "Wow". I can't think of anything I didn't like about it. It explains everything well and the characters are developed well. It's a 10/10. I highly, highly, recommend this movie. I also recommending watching The Shining as well, so it's fresh in your mind and you can appreciate the movie more.
