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Lolita (1997)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:14

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Adrian Lyne (FATAL ATTRACTION) tries his hand at a more faithful adaptation of Nabokov's novel than Kubrick was allowed to attempt in 1962. In the process, Jeremy Irons gives an amazing, tortured... Adrian Lyne (FATAL ATTRACTION) tries his hand at a more faithful adaptation of Nabokov's novel than Kubrick was allowed to attempt in 1962. In the process, Jeremy Irons gives an amazing, tortured performance as Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12-year-old Dolores Haze (Dominique Swain). Swain also turns in an exceptional performance as the title character. Controversy surrounded the production to the point where it languished, completed, on the shelf, for almost two years looking for an American distributor. The film had a successful European run before making its American debut on the Showtime cable network, and finally, to a limited art-house run. [More]

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Suzanne Shepherd

Director: Adrian Lyne

Director: Adrian Lyne
Screenwriter: Stephen Schiff

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David Denby
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Lyne's update on this comic, bittersweet tale benefits mightily from a clever screenplay by Stephen Schiff and terrific performances by the movie's two leads.

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Michael Atkinson
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With its distant earnestness and leisurely pace, it might as well have been a Merchant Ivory production.

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Rob Blackwelder
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Unlike Kubrick's cool, black comedy, Lyne's LOLITA displays a much broader emotional tapestry

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The film is remarkably...disturbing. There's no other way to put it.

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