Do the Kabbalist readings or wild free associations that Room 237 celebrates improve The Shining? Let's say that they create a parallel text: Lost in the Overlook, in search of the overlooked.

Don't watch this film and expect an authoritative critical analysis of the film; watch it and explore the distorting, drug-like pull that some art can exert on its audience.

A curious and entertaining documentary.

‘…while none of the theories offered up here are convincing, Ascher’s film forces us to look at the wealth of strange detail in one film, and consider why so many diverse people have been fascinated by The Shining's elusive, elliptical content…’