Barry Lyndon

Pros: Direction, Photography, Acting, Music
Cons: Slow pace will not be for everybody. Takes thought to see the point.

Barry Lyndon tells the tale of an impoverished Irish lad who so desperately wants to climb the social ladder that he will do nearly anything to accomplish his ascension only to find that it is a lot easier on the way down than it was to climb up...

Pros: Easily one of the best examples of color cinematography
Cons: Ryan O'Neal chops lumber in a wooden performance

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Pros: Kubrick, Music, Atmosphere
Cons: Pretty slow

Stanley Kubrick had already established himself as an innovative kind of director what with the success he had four years prior with his cult hit A Clockwork Orange, so how else could he have stayed in ‘awesome’ status? Well, after conquering a ...

Pros: Terrific sets, costumes, cinematography, attention to detail
Cons: Boring, slow-paced, rather uninteresting story, lackluster acting

Stanley Kubrick followed up his trio of masterpieces from the mid-60s to early 70s with this costume epic. While perhaps the best looking of his films, and that truly says a lot, it is also the hardest to watch, even more so than last year's...

Pros: Kubrick's Direction/Script, Cinematography, Music, Production, Costumes, Tone, Atmosphere, & Cast.
Cons: None though Many Will Not Like the Slow Pacing, at First.

After the 1971 release of the highly controversial film A Clockwork Orange, director Stanley Kubrick nearly put himself in danger over the level of sex and violence that was put into the film. With a slew of copycat killings abroad, Kubrick asked ...

Pros: Script, cast, story, direction.
Cons: Slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

No post-Spartacus Kubrick film went as undernoticed as Barry Lyndon. D r. Strangelove, 2 001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork ...

Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing.

A while back, I wrote a review for Barry Lyndon here that basically was the same as almost everyone else's review here. Pros being: beautiful to look at and great atmosphere, while cons were: cold, boring and slow. Upon viewing Barry ...

Pros: gorgeous people wearing gorgeous clothing living on gorgeous estates
Cons: painfully slow for the mainstream audience.

I will tell you the truth, and in so doing, reveal my age (sigh). I saw BARRY LYNDON, the first time, when it was released in 1975. I was 14 years old, and was dropped off at the movie theater by my mother, fully intending to see another movie,...

Pros: cinematography, costumes, direction, story
Cons: slow pace, sparse script, tell-all narration will annoy many

Director Stanley Kubrick followed the success of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "A Clockwork Orange" with a film that was perhaps even more daring. "Barry Lyndon" was a three hour costume drama set in the 18th century, without...

Pros: Cinematography, sets and costumes
Cons: Script and acting.

Boy am I going to get slammed here as usual when you go to the negative dark side of the force. I have had it handed to me before with Eyes Wide Shut and now I am starting to detect a pattern to Kubrick's movies. Unfortunately what I consider boring is...

Pros: Interesting human drama, new take on a historical period, great cinematography, costumes, music and sets
Cons: Can be somewhat slow, lacks a lot of the bite of many Kubrick films

To dismiss "Barry Lyndon" is to misunderstand the film, and perhaps the genius of its creator.

This 1975 film was Stanley Kubrick's follow-up to his controversal adaptation of the Anthony Burgess novel "A Clockwork Orange." In many ways the...

Pros: Beautiful, detailed, excellent music
Cons: Long

Coming off the heights of such critically lauded films as 2001, A Clockwork Orange, and Dr. Strangelove, fans of Stanley Kubrick waited eagerly for his next film. Rather than release a major, blockbuster, cashing in on all his hype, he instead decided...

Pros: Cinematography
Cons: The length, and the characters are hard to interpret

"Barry Lyndon" definitely isn't Stanley Kubrick's best movie, but it's still an interesting, well-made one that's worth watching.

The film is about Redmond Barry, a young Irishman. After fighting a duel, he joins the English Army,...

Pros: Kubrick fans will find everything they expect.
Cons: Slow, long, and unconventional.

Arguably the least accessible of Kubrick's major releases, this film still remains the single greatest example of his recurring themes, ideas, and overall style. In addition to the revolutionary (and still, 25 years later, never surpassed) use of camera...

Pros: Top-notch A/V quality; attractive menus; good subtitles
Cons: None

A film as visually magnificent and painstakingly photographed as "Barry Lyndon" deserves a fine transfer from a pristine print, and this DVD is as as good a presentation as one could expect from the format. This edition is presented in the matted 1.66:1 ...