Lolita provided a watershed for Stanley Kubrick's career. Sure, he made Spartacus and Paths of Glory before 1962, but Lolita proved one thing to the world: that Kubrick had the balls to do whatever film he wanted to do. This film made him that untouchable, mad genius that everyon...( read more)
James Mason, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell
How did they make a movie out of Lolita? teased the print ads of this Stanley Kubrick production. The answer: by adding three years to the title character's age. The original Vladimir Nabokov novel ca...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999
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October 14, 2009
A much older film than I?d first realised, interesting story, I?m sure very controversial in it?s day ? as seems to be Kubrick?s taste.
The ending was quite unusual for it?s time I felt, good, but more of an unfinished style which I relate more to a modern style of storytellin...( read more) -
September 4, 2009
Lolita is visually beautiful as you'd expect from Kubrick but unfortunately it's also unnecessarily long in my opinion. There are great performances from Mason and Winters and a hint of whats to come in Kubrick's next film from Sellers.
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August 23, 2009
No matter how you slice it, it still boils down to a 40 year old man lusting after a 14 year old girl. I love the movie but, not surprisingly, I always feel a little creepy about it.
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July 22, 2009
Watching Lolita again recently I was struck by the way Kubrick and his cast flesh out the story without resorting to the 'show everything' approach taken in the '97 remake. Of course Doleres and Humbert are having a sexual relationship, but you get the sense she's done the same p...( read more)
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February 9, 2010
I think it's a wonderful movie! It examines things that on our Western society we don't like to examine! The only problem with it was that we still had sensors you didn't get so much as a "kissing scene" in the whole movie. It was still wonderful
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January 17, 2010
How did they ever make a movie of Lolita? Stanley Kubrick brings life into Vladimir Naokov's story of middle aged man Humbert Humbert lusting after child nymphet Lolita. Peter Sellers steals the film with his outrageous role as Clare Quilty.
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January 13, 2010
An impossible romance. Enchanting direction and extraordinary performances decorate this gorgeous delicacy that could only be directed by a genius filmmaker.
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