No truly interesting movie can be subject to a single interpretation—even if the writer and director say it’s about one thing, some viewers may have a different take. That said, here are the movies that most would agree have been misunderstood throughout the years.
Latest fan thoughts about The Shining I’ve heard recently:
Additionally, a pretty accepted idea AFAICT is that Jack is a child and domestic abuser before going to the hotel. Many of us may have seen the shorter “European cut” (myself included), but the longer “US Cut” includes a scene that makes it explicit that Jack had hit Danny before (see comparisons here). Also, it’s pretty easy to frame the film as a pretty cutting metaphor about domestic abuse (beyond the fact that Jack is literally trying to kill his family) … the way that Wendy is taking care of everything like a stereotypical house wife while being trapped in a grand expensive hotel that has literally deathly cold outside barring her escape.