LOLITA (1962)

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Positive Experience/Entertaining? Are you kidding? It's KUBRICK! Of COURSE it was entertaining!
Technically any good? As with Dr. Strangelove, this is one of those rare films I have seen many times but still never get bored of it. Nor can I find much (if anything) I'd have done differently. Acting is spot-on and Shelley Winters is remarkably good at making us feel bad for her while simultaneously hating her. And of course, any heterosexual male who doesn't want to have sex with Sue Lyon isn't being honest with himself.
How did it leave me feeling? Depressed, but very entertained, as usual. This film is a great mirror to just about any time period where humans are involved because it's all about men being weasels and being moral and "proper" until it comes to their own behavior. If you like laughing at what's wrong with our society, this is a movie for you.
Final Rating? SIYL - See If You Like--this is not a movie for the faint of heart. While not as sexually graphic as the remake (directed poorly by Adrian Lynne) it's still got some pretty heavy and morally questionable material. It's a dark comedy for thinking adults.

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Orignal From: LOLITA (1962)