Lolita

This Lolita is almost better then the original film. Adrian Lyne did a very good job on this film. He stuck to the novel, and thats what I liked. The performances and the direction were great. This is a real good... Full review

Adrian Lyne did great job remaking this film. He defiantly stayed true to the novel. Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain both gave great performances. This film was very controversial and thought provoking when it came out. It barley got a wide... Full review

I had heard about the story here and there, but when it came to the actual movie, i have to admitt it was really influencial and outstanding. the acting of Humbert was 100% magnificent but the Lolita lacked experience although was... Full review

I have Lolita on DVD with Jeremy Irons. Lolita is my favorite Jeremy Irons movie. In Lolita I liked Humbert, Lolita, Lolita's friend Rose, Louise, Charlotte and The Little Girl in the Bunny Suit that handed Humbert the letters. I have... Full review

This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time because it made me think and question many issues that are present in our society, its just that no one wants to talk or discuss about it. Jeremy Irons performance... Full review

I just loved this movie because Domenique Swain is pure beauty. She is so manipulative and childish that one can see why Humbert is completely at her will. Some don't think it's as good as the original, but this one is... Full review

This is way longer than it needs to be. Even if it was shorter, it would still sucks cause the acting is terrible. It is really boring. I hate this movie.... Full review

The original Lolita should have a better rating than this. Let's all get together and bring the rating down on this one, cause it does deserve it, and up on the original cause it is much better. Suy Lyon is the... Full review

Very seductive and intelligent movie from start to finish. Full of twist, an exceptional performances by the leads. Truly amazing.... Full review

I watched this film before i read the movie or had seen Kubrick's film.When i read the book and compared it to this film, i realized that this film is a failure in representing the book of Nabokov.Sure, more of... Full review

He told me that he thought I had a pretty good grasp of the character. Adrian Lyne was amazing to work with," Swain sighs. ... Full Review

Lynes Lolita is riveting cinema, daring yet compassionate, faultlessly made and performed, achingly passionate and helplessly melancholy the currency we trade in for much of our lives. tormented professor hopelessly addicted to the love Lolita lets loose in his soul ... Full Review

Three films made before Lolita are quite famous too, including the Kirk Douglas-starrer Spartacus . I haven't seen Spartacus , but Kubrick's craft certainly shot to great heights somewhere between The Killer and Lolita . ... Full Review

Therefore, I think that a great film adaptation of "Lolita" would have an actress play Lolitas mother as a sympathetic, good-natured, well-intentioned, and attractive character rather than as a monster. Lyne also shows how experiencing sex when too young leads Lolita to think of nothing but sex as well; she, too, becomes incapable of anything other than seeing the world as a set of sexual dynamics. ... Full Review

Lyons Lolita is a combination of youthful vitality, eager hormones, and petty playfulness. Nabokovs stock in trade was the tragicomedy, combining elements of tragedy and comedy, and "Lolita" is one of the best examples. ... Full Review

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In 1953, Cornell University professor Vladimir Nabokov finishes his third English-language novel, about pedophile Humbert Humbert and his 12-year-old "nymphet." No American publisher will touch it; it ends up with the outlaw Olympia Press, in Paris. (2) Copies are twice... ... Full Article

Oct. 5, 2000 | Vladimir Nabokov is considered one of the century's greatest writers. His novel Lolita, first published in Paris in 1955, stirred up quite a bit of controversy and was banned in several countries. ... Full Article

At a small theater near the Latin Quarter in Paris they were showing Adrian Lyne's new film version of Lolita . It was the last week of June and across the Atlantic the media had been buzzing about whether the... ... Full Article

"LOLITA," Adrian Lyne's version of the Vladimir Nabokov novel about a man who lusts after a 12-year-old, finally makes it to a Bay Area big screen Friday at the Embarcadero Center Cinemas. ... Full Article

I watched Lolita on Showtime last night, and I don't see what all the controversy is all about. It's not like it's a new story or anything. ... Full Article