Barry Lyndon

Name: Barry Lyndon
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Released: December 18, 1975
Duration: 184 min
Rating: 89
Cast: Marisa Berenson, Ryan O'Neal

1975

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 18, 1975 | PG

Starring: Marisa Berenson, Ryan O'Neal

Summary: An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, History, War

Rating: PG

Runtime: 184 min

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Time Out London Tom Huddleston

This is a story of identity, and the lack of it. And it’s fascinating. Read full review

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Mick LaSalle

This is one of Kubrick's best, not gimmicky or arch, not somnambulant or mannered, just finely detailed, measured, richly photographed and, at every step of the way, entertaining and interesting. Read full review

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John Bleasdale

Barry Lyndon is a rich cinematic experience which fully deserves to once more be seen on the big screen and enjoy its status as one of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest achievements. Read full review

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Ryan O'Neal's excellent performance captures the shallow opportunism endemic to the title character who is brought down as much by his own flaws as by the mores of the ordered social structure of 18th-century England. Casting, concept and execution are all superb. Read full review

David Sims

It’s a movie that actually makes the past look otherworldly, unlike many period pieces, which strive to make history seem easy to slip into. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Barry Lyndon is a costume epic that pokes fun of other costume epics even as it outdoes them. Read full review

Jack Kroll

Seeking the sources of our alienation in the explosively random energies of the eighteenth century, Kubrick has created an epic of esthetic self-indulgence, beautiful but empty. He needs to come back to earth from the outer spaces of past and future. [22 Dec 1975, p.49]

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LittleEgg

Jun 20, 2020

Probably the most gorgeous movie ever shot, and one of kubricks underrated masterpieces. Utterly brilliant.

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FrancisDG2002

Jul 3, 2019

Barry Lyndon is perhaps the best historical movie ever made, with a wonderful directing from Stanley Kubrick!!! Great cinematography too.

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JakeBlack

Sep 5, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most aesthetically beautiful film I've ever seen, it totally fulfills its role of telling a story from start to finish, this story that tells about a commoner who manages to change his present several times, but that his fate prevailed; or maybe that the your destiny may have been changed due to your luck, but due to your attitudes and sins your future was slowly returning to its initial reality. "You may be a very lucky man, but luck will not accompany you all the time". This is perhaps the lesson that the film will teach you.… Expand

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April22

Jun 8, 2019

Every single scene is a painting, a wonderful picture, a kind of travel into a big museum. GIANT MOVIE.

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TheTrueMovies

Jun 17, 2019

Kubrick shows to all the people how much his powerful directing is masterpiece in every single scene and imagine. One of the best cinematography of ever.

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Onlyclassicvg1

Feb 24, 2021

Kubrick and the actors put up a long and beautiful show in one night and we are told it spans over years and years.

Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick is something I don't get. He is a phenomenon more than he is a person or an artist or a

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Gamed2long

Mar 6, 2021

Funny what a lense time is. I sought out this film because of the reputation of the director. Without Kubric's touch I think this film would have been terrible, completely forgettable and left to the dustbin of history. It is only through the heightened cinematography of Kubric and hisFunny what a lense time is. I sought out this film because of the reputation of the director. Without Kubric's touch I think this film would have been terrible, completely forgettable and left to the dustbin of history. It is only through the heightened cinematography of Kubric and his complete, almost compulsive, obsession to historical detail that this film is any good at all. The main character is bad. Not likable or charming. He has zero romantic chemistry with all but one female in the film. And its not the one that would make the most plot sense. Speaking of plot, in keeping with the stylized period painting esthetic of the film, the actors in many scenes are muted so much that the acting comes off wooden and you don't believe characters, especially professing love or fear. Stuff just happens and the narrator (and this film is narration HEAVY) justifies what we will see or just saw. Given that a lot of people will find the moving boring. I'm almost surprised I made it to the credits, the people I was with didn't.… Expand

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