“Many viewers — even some who love The Shining — find Duvall’s acting strangely cartoonish with its wild expressions of anxiety and fear. … Stephen King himself … was downright offended by how the picture depicted Wendy, who was more proactive and heroic in his novel.” After re-watching the film on a big screen, critic Bilge Ebiri found a greater respect for the key aspect of Duvall’s performance: “the fear of [an abused] wife who’s experienced her husband at his worst, and is terrified that she’ll experience it again.” – Vulture