Lolita
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 13, 1962 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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12
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2
Negative:
0
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50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Vladimir Nabokov's witty, grotesque novel is, in its film version, like a bee from which the stinger has been removed. It still buzzes with a sort of promising irreverence, but it lacks the power to shock and, eventually, makes very little point either as comedy or satire. Read full review
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Village VoiceAndrew Sarris
Kubrick goes through the motions with a hula hoop and the munching of potato chips, but there is nothing intuitive or abandoned about the man-nymphet relationship. The Director's heart is apparently elsewhere. [05 Jul 1962, p.11]
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