Despite everything it was capable of, all of these poor choices strung together amount to nothing more than a counter-productive film.
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.
During the third act, the momentum stalls, largely due to the film’s obsession with Kubrick’s visual design. But all in all, Doctor Sleep is a cinematic success, defined by rich characters and high powered emotion.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.