Lolita

Name: Lolita
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: July 22, 1998
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Dominique Swain, Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith

1998

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Samuel Goldwyn Company, The | Release Date: July 22, 1998 | R

Starring: Dominique Swain, Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith

Summary: Irons plays Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (Swain) in yet another adaptation of Nabokov's classic novel.

Director: Adrian Lyne

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 137 min

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Charles Taylor

For all of their vaunted (and, it turns out, false) fidelity to Nabokov, Lyne and Schiff have made a pretty, gauzy Lolita that replaces the book's cruelty and comedy with manufactured lyricism and mopey romanticism. Read full review

Empire Angie Errigo

Lyne's efforts to be both passionate and artistic are generally successful, although a few sex scenes are disturbing and arguably close to salacious. Read full review

David Sterritt

Vladimir Nabokov's novel helped open society's eyes to the evils of pedophilia in the 1950s, and this pensive adaptation renews the warning for a later generation. Read full review

Anthony Lane

All movie adaptations of Nabokov fall short, by definition, but this one is the most graceful failure so far. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

However, Lyne (whose sexually exploitative works include such popular box-office fare as "Flashdance," "9 1/2 Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," and "Indecent Proposal") has turned in a Lolita that is remarkably tame and tasteful. This is a Lolita for the English Lit crowd rather than the raincoat crowd. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Though Adrian Lyne's clodhopper direction, underlined by a mushy Ennio Morricone score, predictably runs the gamut from soft-core porn in the manner of David Hamilton to hectoring close-ups, this is perhaps Lyne's best movie after Jacob's Ladder--a genuinely disturbing (if far from literary) adaptation of Nabokov's extraordinary novel, written by former journalist Stephen Schiff and starring, predictably, Jeremy Irons. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Irons' doleful lassitude sucks the energy right out of the story and makes this listlessly directed adaptation droop all the more. Read full review

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Nutza

Aug 3, 2021

It was not the best but nother the worst movie I have seen I would not suggest watching this if some things make u sqemish

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diegonelli

Nov 3, 2015

I watched this movie on internet, (18 years after its release!) and I absolutely loved this film. The end made me cry and wanting more, perfect cast, Dominique and Jeremy are great together... I got to watch the 1967 version now, and read the book too. Amazing.

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gracjanski

Feb 3, 2021

ok a paedophile movie, very disturbing.
But Jeremy Irons character of Humbert was not only annoying, but also pathetic, because he is so weak, although he should have a lot of experience. Dominique Swains performance on the other hand was top.
And the end was also ridiculous, so much dramaok a paedophile movie, very disturbing.
But Jeremy Irons character of Humbert was not only annoying, but also pathetic, because he is so weak, although he should have a lot of experience. Dominique Swains performance on the other hand was top.
And the end was also ridiculous, so much drama for nothing.… Expand

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