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From its opening shot of Malcolm McDowell staring with evil intent directly into the camera (which pulls back to reveal him drinking a glass of milk), Stanley Kubrick's brilliant CLOCKWORK ORANGE announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. Banned in Britain for decades, the film, set in an unidentified .. Read more

Starring	John Savident, Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Genres	Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- Kubrick's fantastic meditation on a violent future has seemed more prescient with every passing year. In extraordinary images of clown-like delinquents, he orchestrates to electronic music mindless street violence, which leads to mindful state violence a
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP
  
  I WATCHED THIS FILM IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES WHEN IT WAS STILL BANNED, I EXPECTED THIS FILM TO TO BE GORY AND GROSS BEING BANNED FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS NOT ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Nov 2007 at 21:42
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  Clockwork. Classic. Kubrick.
  
  “Hi-hi-hi-there, my little Droogies”
  
  I DON’T MIND admitting that I first saw A CLOCKWORK ORANGE back in 1993. I was studying a media ... read more »
  
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- - MAXIMILIAN
  - 165 reviews
  - BURNHAM
  - 02 May 2012 at 18:27
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  A cinematic masterpiece!
  
  Viddy well my brother, viddy well.
  
  Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange is a visually audacious, disorientating and exciting experience that ... read more »
  
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- - FilmMasterTom
  - 6 reviews
  - 25 Apr 2012 at 09:50
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  Does Burgess justice.
  
  I bought this film under the counter when it was still banned and loved it. I read the book by Burgess shortly after and found it pretty hard going and was glad... read more »
  
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- 1110176
- - shweet
  - 6 reviews
  - 10 Apr 2012 at 23:59
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  "The point is that it works"
  
  Oh my, oh my, if you ever wanted crystallised proof of auteurism ruining a single films credibility, go ahead and gaze the poetic hyperbole of this films ... read more »
  
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  - quadrophenia17
  - 7 reviews
  - 02 Apr 2012 at 16:19
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  - 10
  The Future of Cinema
  
  Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
  
  This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 06 Nov 2011 at 17:12
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  A dreadful film , pretentious, violent just for the sake of it....and plain tedious
  
  Having just done a 'hatchet job' on Kubrick's awful '2001-Space Odyssey', I cannot resist immediately doing the same for this nasty little ... read more »
  
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- - roncoach
  - 263 reviews
  - suffolk
  - 24 Oct 2011 at 21:00
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  Utterly Enthralling
  
  When people ask what film this is like, there is no answer. Truly unique. A wonderful narrative, combined with a brilliant, visionary of a director, with a ... read more »
  
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- 1051950
- - Adele8
  - 4 reviews
  - 16 Oct 2011 at 16:37
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  Worthwhile Film
  
  I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I felt it was unique in that I enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed the book and it remained entirely faithful to the plot.
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- - Article82
  - 2 reviews
  - 17 Sep 2011 at 19:01
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  - 3
  A window on Britain
  
  Kubric made this film because he lived here and Britain fascinated him. Being a perennial outsider and an obsessive compulsive means that we see Britain through... read more »
  
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- - cptrelentless
  - 33 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Jul 2011 at 02:12
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  - 2
  Yes Brother Sir
  
  Really enjoyed this, for an old film it didnt seem like it was an old film. Reminded me of something Ewan McGregor would be in. I can see why its a classic :)
  
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- - chicknick
  - 14 reviews
  - Swansea
  - 26 Jul 2011 at 11:10
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  WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP
  
  I WATCHED THIS FILM IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES WHEN IT WAS STILL BANNED, I EXPECTED THIS FILM TO TO BE GORY AND GROSS BEING BANNED FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS NOT ... read more »
  
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  - skegness
  - 23 Nov 2007 at 21:42
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  'Shocking' is ...
  
  'Shocking' is the word that i think best describes this film, i was a bit taken aback when i first saw Clockwork Orange and i didn't entirely ... read more »
  
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- - Nat#2
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  - 17 May 2004 at 20:41
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  horrid
  
  I TURNED IT OFF QUICKLY AS IT WAS HORRID AND I DON'T CARE IF THAT MAKES ME SOUND PASSE. I DON'T FIND VIOLENCE ENTERTAINING AND SO WAS NOT INTERESTED IN... read more »
  
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  - 15 Apr 2005 at 15:39
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  I don't see what ...
  
  I don't see what all the fuss was about. This film disappointed me. It was considered controversial when first realeased, but nothing in today's film ... read more »
  
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- - Sandra#6
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  - 05 Feb 2004 at 00:19
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  within ten minutes of ...
  
  within ten minutes of playig film i turned it off. god knows how any of the actors or producers made any money off this film. if you like violence and innocent ... read more »
  
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  - CANNOCK
  - 10 Jun 2004 at 22:14
- - 9
  - 3
  This film is S**T
  
  This film is S**t... nuff said.
  
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- - Cudgeybaby
  - 1 review
  - Southampton
  - 01 Jun 2008 at 20:09
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  NOT HORRIFIC
  
  I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO WATCH THIS MOVIE FOR YEARS, AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY GRUESOM. REALLY BORING MAYBE BUT COMPARED TO TODAYS MOVIES, VERY BORING. I ... read more »
  
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  - ENGLAND
  - 03 Jul 2005 at 19:30
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  Saw this for the 1 st ...
  
  Saw this for the 1 st time 31 yrs ago, thought it was great then, how our taste change!!!
  
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- - el-tel#1
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  - 29 Jan 2004 at 11:07
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  Clockwork Orange
  
  Having never seen this controversial movie when it was first released in the early 70s,it was a film that I always said I wanted to watch at some point.
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  - 14 Jul 2005 at 09:38
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  What is it with TO reviewers and Kubrick?
  
  'A sexless, inhuman film, whose power derives from a ruthless subordination of its content to the demands of telling a good story.' This is a ... read more »
  
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- - rostokov
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  - 13 Jan 2005 at 16:35

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Critic's review
- Kubrick's fantastic meditation on a violent future has seemed more prescient with every passing year. In extraordinary images of clown-like delinquents, he orchestrates to electronic music mindless street violence, which leads to mindful state violence a
- 31073
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42

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