Lolita (1962) 7.7
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old nymphet. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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Lolita (1962) 7.7
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old nymphet. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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Gary Cockrell | ... |
Richard T. Schiller
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Jerry Stovin | ... |
John Farlow
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Diana Decker | ... |
Jean Farlow
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Nurse Mary Lore
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Cec Linder | ... |
Physician
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Bill Greene | ... |
George Swine
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Mrs. Starch
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Marianne Stone | ... |
Vivian Darkbloom
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Marion Mathie | ... |
Miss Lebone
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James Dyrenforth | ... |
Frederick Beale Sr.
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Maxine Holden | ... |
Miss Fromkiss
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John Harrison | ... |
Tom
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Humbert Humbert, a divorced British professor of French literature, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte Haze, his widowed and sexually famished landlady, whom he marries in order that he might pursue the woman's 14-year-old flirtatious daughter, Lolita, with whom he has fallen hopelessly in love, but whose affections shall be thwarted by a devious trickster named Clare Quilty. Written by filmfactsman
I think Stanley Kubrick was the only director who had any ideas of how to tackle a film version of Lolita. I also believe that he was the only director who could have succeeded, and I believe he did succeed. This film was everything I could have expected it to be, and maybe even a little more.
Shelley Winters' performance was wonderful! James Mason delivered a strong effort in a very difficult part to play. Peter Sellers was Peter Sellers, four or five times throughout the movie, but that's Peter Sellers, and that's why I am really starting to admire his work. The real surprise performance in this movie, however, came from Sue Lyon in the title role. Her intensity was incredible. She seemed perfectly natural as a teenage girl enjoying the attention of older men, or just men in general. You could really see the wheels turning in her head as she schemed her way from one situation to the other. Some have criticized that her Lolita was "too old" in comparison to the novel's Lolita. One could make that judgment, however, what twelve year old actress would have been able to provide the emotional depth required for the part? Let's face it, in literary adaptations, some license must be allowed. All in all, I thought it was a very good movie, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the work of Stanley Kubrick and/or Peter Sellers.