Lolita

Pros: the opening scene; the acting of Sellers and Winters; music
Cons: Lyons; Mason; unlikable characters and story; last part especially

In 1955 when Vladimir Nabokov’s passionate, soul-searching novel, Lolita, initiated much controversy as well as acclaim, the author fielded criticism calling his novel meaningless and anti-American. What’s the purpose of Lolita, ...

Pros: Peter Sellers, Kubrick is great as always, key scenes
Cons: Didn’t quite latch on to the story well, cliché

As one of Stanley Kubrick’s first independently produced films in England, Lolita was a landmark piece for him—delving him into the topic of sexual obsession and thirst that he would later revisit in the last year of his life with his provocative ...

Pros: Fine work from cast, especially Sellers and Winters, typically marvelous direction from Kubrick
Cons: Was forced to leave so much of the essential plot out

One of Stanley Kubrick's creepier films, if such a thing is possible, this adaptation of Nabokov's novel of forbidden lust is significant in how it broke though a number of Hollywood barriers without really violating any previously established moral...

Pros: First half; acting.
Cons: Latter half.

I hadn't seen "Lolita" for over a year and a half, but when I watched it today, I remembered why. I have the entire Stanley Kubrick collection- not the boxed set that comes with the black-and-white print cover of "Dr. Strangelove"; my purchases were made ...

Pros: Its story moves along with more verve than the book ever did
Cons: Misses some key elements from the book

"How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?" asked the original tagline of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 screen adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial classic novel. The answer: they didn't.

Sure, film and novel share many of the same...

Pros: Performances; cinematography; score; direction
Cons: Length may be a problem; cosmetic changes to the story may alienate some

Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita", about the forbidden love between a middle-aged man named Humbert Humbert and a flirtatious child named Dolores "Lolita" Haze, raised such a scandalous uproar upon its being published in America in 1958 that no one ever ...

Pros: Wonderful, entertaining film
Cons: None

"Lolita" is one of the most misunderstood movies ever made. Often, when people watch it, they focus on the sexual relationship between Lolita and Humbert, not stopping to notice anything else - and that's why the movie seems disappointing and...

Pros: Nearly perfect
Cons: not for the easily shocked

Nabakov's classic novel, Lolita, has been filmed twice. First by master Film maker Stanley Kubrick, and more recently by Adrian Lyne, the director of Jacob's Ladder.
Kubrick's version is brilliant, but goes far afield from the source material. The...

Pros: cast, script, characters, story
Cons: second half drags slightly, Sellers' character lacks motivation

Lolita began as a best-selling novel by Vladimir Nabokov. For an era that had never heard of Jerry Springer, the book's subject matter was shocking. It was about a love affair between a twelve year old girl, and a middle-aged man.

For...

Pros: Sue the Lyon tamer...
Cons: Shelly Winter's will give any man a sever case of the willies...

“I'm going to put off reading LOLITA for six years. I'm waiting until she turns 18.”—Groucho Marx Based on Vladimir Nabokov's “famosum opus”, the incomparable Stanley Kubrick was the first director to tackle this provocative, ...

Pros: Dominique Swain, baby! And hey, you don't have to be embarrassed to rent it because it's literature!
Cons: Not enough nudity

Tonight's movie was "Lolita" a tragedy about a man who falls in love with a jailbait 14 year old. The rest is pretty typical -- he marries the girl's mother, the mother finds out the truth but then gets conveniently hit by a car, he and the...

Pros: Very engrossing, provocative, witty and tragic
Cons: Lacks the all-out intensity of Kubrick's best films

"Lolita" is a relatively over-looked film from Stanley Kubrick. Perhaps because it was followed by "Dr. Strangelove" (which was followed by "2001"), many seem to have forgotten this film from Vladimir Nabukov's novel.
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