It opened at first to mixed reviews.[65]#citenote-65) Janet Maslin of The New York Times lauded Nicholson's performance and praised the Overlook Hotel as an effective setting for horror, but wrote that "the supernatural story knows frustratingly little rhyme or reason ... Even the film's most startling horrific images seem overbearing and perhaps even irrelevant."[[66]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-66) Variety) was critical, saying, "With everything to work with, ... Kubrick has teamed with jumpy Jack Nicholson to destroy all that was so terrifying about Stephen King's bestseller."[[67]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-67) A common initial criticism was the slow pacing, which was highly atypical of horror films of the time.[[68]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-highd-68) Neither Gene Siskel nor Roger Ebert reviewed the film on their television show Sneak Previews when it was first released,[[69]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-69) but in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert complained that it was hard to connect with any of the characters.[[70]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-70) In his Chicago Tribune review, Siskel gave the film two stars out of four and called it "a crashing disappointment. The biggest surprise is that it contains virtually no thrills. Given Kubrick's world-class reputation, one's immediate reaction is that maybe he was after something other than thrills in the film. If so, it's hard to figure out what."[[71]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-71) Kevin Thomas) of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "There are moments so visually stunning only a Kubrick could pull them off, yet the film is too grandiose to be the jolter that horror pictures are expected to be. Both those expecting significance from Kubrick and those merely looking for a good scare may be equally disappointed."[[72]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-72) Pauline Kael of The New Yorker stated, "Again and again, the movie leads us to expect something – almost promises it – and then disappoints us."[[73]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-73) Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "Stanley Kubrick's production of 'The Shining', a ponderous, lackluster distillation of Stephen King's best-selling novel, looms as the Big Letdown of the new film season. I can't recall a more elaborately ineffective scare movie."[[74]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-74) It was the only one of Kubrick's last nine films to receive no nominations at all from either the Oscars or Golden Globes, but was nominated for a pair of Razzie Awards, including Worst Director and Worst Actress (Duvall),[[75]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-75) in the first year that award was given.[[76]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-76)[[77]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-77)[[78]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#citenote-78)[[79]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining(film)#cite_note-79)
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