Barry Lyndon
1975, Drama, 3h 4m
74 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Cynical, ironic, and suffused with seductive natural lighting, Barry Lyndon is a complex character piece of a hapless man doomed by Georgian society. Read critic reviews
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Barry Lyndon
Lady Lyndon
Chevalier de Baliban
Capt. Potzdorf
Lord Ludd
Nora Brady
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Critic Reviews for Barry Lyndon
All Critics (74) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (7)
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The sense of torpor simultaneously helps to call attention to the painterly beauty of the images-widescreen compositions evoking the light and coloring of 18th century paintings-and the grim, fatalistic determinism of the narrative...
March 27, 2020 | Full Review… -
Barry Lyndon is, despite its rigorous construction, also among Kubrick's more emotionally engaged films.
March 20, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
The wonderfully dry and witty narration is from Thackeray, delivered by Michael Horder.
February 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
As leisurely as it is painterly, this is a masterclass in cinematography - famously, Kubrick used nothing but natural light in all but a few scenes. Don't miss the chance to watch it in a cinema.
July 31, 2016 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
Every frame of every battle scene or courtly interlude is exhaustively and exquisitely detailed.
July 29, 2016 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
There are few films so sumptuous that you almost require fabric swatches while watching -- peachy moiré silks, red brocades, eau de nil satins, lilac-grey velvets -- and that's just the menswear and the furniture.
July 29, 2016 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Barry Lyndon
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May 01, 2014A fabulous picaresque tale - satirical and tragic - in which we see Kubrick make every splendid shot look like an authentic 18th-century painting while using a cynical and essentially cold approach to recount a long series of barely connected episodes in our anti-hero's ill-fated life.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Apr 05, 2014My favorite Kubrick film by far. Epic story with fine costumes and sets -- and a soundtrack to die for.Christian C Super Reviewer
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Mar 05, 2013Barry Lyndon is a fantastic epic helmed by Stanley Kubrick that boasts great performances and revolutionary and beautiful direction.Daniel L Super Reviewer
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Nov 22, 2012Is anyone better at skewering bourgeois culture and plumbing the depths of the inevitability of loss?Jonathan H Super Reviewer
Barry Lyndon Quotes
| Lord Bullingdon: | Don't you think he fits my shoes very well Your Ladyship? |
| Narrator: | Barry had resolved never to see Nora again, but such resolutions, though they may be steadfastly held for a whole week, are abandoned in a few moments of despair. |
| Redmond Barry (Barry Lyndon): | "but I am not sorry and shall not apologize, and I'll soon go to Dublin as to Hell." |
| Lord Ludd: | "but I am not sorry and shall not apologize, and I'll soon go to Dublin as to Hell." |
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