Rating of
2.5/4
The Best Adaptation Possible, I Guess
mitchellyoung - wrote on 11/10/11
There are some good scenes in here - Lolita's first introduction, Mason's paranoid breakdown at the hospital, and any scene with the great Peter Sellers. I find the film to be long-winded and overly dramatic at times (lots of stage-like yelling and emoting that could have landed better if it had more highs and lows), but it's a tantalizing handling of a very controversial novel. I wouldn't count this as Kubrick's best, but it's probably the best anyone could have done with the written material.
