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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 caused no end of scandal by detailing the romance between a middle-aged intellectual and a 12-year-old nymphet. The affair is .. Read more

Starring	James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Genres	Drama

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- Less genuinely ecstatic in its portrait of paedophiliac obsession than Nabokov's novel - Kubrick is too cold and... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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- - 9
  - 1
  Very boring
  
  I was expecting a very different film to this. I was bored to tears waiting for some action. Why others found it good I will never understand
  
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  - Northants
  - 19 Nov 2005 at 11:29
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- - 1
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  LOLITA: The 60s Weren't Ready
  
  Stanley Kubrick's milk and water adaptation of Lolita will come as a dissapointment to fans of Vladimir Nabokov's sublimely perverse and wickedly funny ... read more »
  
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- - DWC
  - 3 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 15 Sep 2009 at 01:41
- - 6
  - 1
  Very funny, dark and desperate
  
  Stanley Kubrick film adaptation from 1960, starring James Mason and Peter Sellers. The marketing campaign and the original theatrical trailer both state it’... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 07 Aug 2009 at 15:56
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  - 1
  Go for the Adrian Lyne adaption rather than this.
  
  I was expecting a far more engaging film than this; It's pretty sedate and uninspired, having the feeling of early 'Rom-Com' about it for the bulk ... read more »
  
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- - Sean Sansom
  - Wrexham
  - 10 May 2009 at 12:54
- - 6
  - 0
  lolita
  
  An old englishman that falls madly in love with a young teenager. unbeknown to this teenage crush the girls mother falls madly in love with the old englishman, ... read more »
  
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- - jones
  - 7 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 10 Apr 2008 at 15:50
- - 2
  - 0
  Brilliant
  
  The first thing to say is that Kubrick's Lolita is not a film of the book. It is a film inspired by the book. If you're looking for a film of the book... read more »
  
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  - Swansea
  - 02 Oct 2006 at 14:51
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  Oh Dear!
  
  Oh dear! What an awful film! first of all, its in black and white, the acting is terrible & the characters totally unconvincing - in fact, my boyfriend and ... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 17 May 2006 at 09:45
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  Not as good as the remake
  
  This original adaptation of Nabokov's controversial novel is almost unique in that it is surpassed by its remake.
  
  While Mason puts in an ... read more »
  
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- - Mat
  - Bucks, England
  - 07 Jan 2006 at 22:36
- - 2
  - 0
  Flawed Adaptation
  
  Overlong and plodding adaptation of the Vladimir Nabokov novel. James Mason is compelling but too sympathetic as Humbert Humbert. Shelley Winters as Lo's ... read more »
  
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- - KitKat
  - North London
  - 13 Dec 2005 at 19:15
- - 9
  - 1
  Very boring
  
  I was expecting a very different film to this. I was bored to tears waiting for some action. Why others found it good I will never understand
  
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  - Northants
  - 19 Nov 2005 at 11:29
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  Kubrick at his best.
  
  I am a huge fan of Kubrick anyway.
  
  This was no let down. Again the mix of amazing direction and a fantastic script from the master.
  
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- - AbortedFilms
  - Lancashire
  - 09 May 2005 at 14:15
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- - 9
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  Very boring
  
  I was expecting a very different film to this. I was bored to tears waiting for some action. Why others found it good I will never understand
  
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  - Northants
  - 19 Nov 2005 at 11:29
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  Oh Dear!
  
  Oh dear! What an awful film! first of all, its in black and white, the acting is terrible & the characters totally unconvincing - in fact, my boyfriend and ... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 17 May 2006 at 09:45
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  lolita
  
  An old englishman that falls madly in love with a young teenager. unbeknown to this teenage crush the girls mother falls madly in love with the old englishman, ... read more »
  
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- - jones
  - 7 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 10 Apr 2008 at 15:50
- - 6
  - 1
  Very funny, dark and desperate
  
  Stanley Kubrick film adaptation from 1960, starring James Mason and Peter Sellers. The marketing campaign and the original theatrical trailer both state it’... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 07 Aug 2009 at 15:56
- - 5
  - 2
  Dull
  
  Having recently read the book I was curious as to how Humbert?s back story and thoughts could be successfully translated to film without the Movie becoming too ... read more »
  
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- - jellypocket
  - Warrington
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 10:16
- - 4
  - 1
  Excellent combination
  
  A brilliant performance from James Mason and Peter Sellers, brought together by the genius of Kubrick. A true classic.
  
  Not much is wrong with this ... read more »
  
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- - DrDave
  - Cambridgeshire
  - 13 Aug 2004 at 13:19
- - 3
  - 0
  Worth it for Mason and Sellers alone!
  
  Mason and Sellers are superb in this pic of an older mans unrequitted love for a teenager.This subject matter is less of an issue in our more liberated , ... read more »
  
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- - Micthetic
  - 103 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 20:24
- - 2
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  Flawed Adaptation
  
  Overlong and plodding adaptation of the Vladimir Nabokov novel. James Mason is compelling but too sympathetic as Humbert Humbert. Shelley Winters as Lo's ... read more »
  
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- - KitKat
  - North London
  - 13 Dec 2005 at 19:15
- - 2
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  Brilliant
  
  The first thing to say is that Kubrick's Lolita is not a film of the book. It is a film inspired by the book. If you're looking for a film of the book... read more »
  
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  - Swansea
  - 02 Oct 2006 at 14:51
- - 2
  - 1
  Unremarkable
  
  Perhaps it was a mistake to see the version with Irons first, as it seems the script was hardly different (although the treatment of quilty's character are... read more »
  
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  - purgatory
  - 22 Nov 2004 at 10:31

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  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 caused no end of scandal by detailing the romance between a middle-aged intellectual and a 12-year-...