Lolita (Wide Screen)
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Production Year: 1997 - Drama - Director: Adrian Lyne - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over

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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, Irons gives an amazing,...
more...tortured performance as Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (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 2 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.





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That Wanton Nymph
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by sghawken

Advantages: Better than the original (WHAT I hear you cry)
Disadvantages: A little ill paced

...Stanley Kubrick bought the movie Lolita to the screen, now I'm sure i'm going to offend the world when I say that the 1997 movie, widely praised and widely condemned is a far better movie; why have I gone to this extreme? Read on.... Humbert Humbert (Jeremy Irons) takes some time out of work moving to a small town in order to work on a text book, but when he arrives at his lodgings he finds they have burned to the ground. Luckily Humbert finds ... Read review

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30.03.2008
Lolita: Disturbingly Seductive Film!
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by jankperegrine

Advantages: riveting story; Swain and Irons; musical score
Disadvantages: may be disturbing

...cinematic release of Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita (I’m not too eager to do so), but I am glad I watched this latest release by Lyne. It is absolutely amazing. I didn’t think I would feel sympathy for the man, but I certainly did when he was faced with the mesmerizing strains of this flute, composed ingenuously by fifteen-year-old Dominique Swain, still wearing braces and chewing gum. You too won’t be able to help it, just like member PKWBassGuy humorously ... Read review

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08.03.2005
Temptress...The Next Generation
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by TheNeil

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...versions of Vladimir Nabokov's story Lolita provided the opportunity to compare such an event and unlike in the case of Planet of The Apes, this was not a film that would be messed about with merely to appease the audience. Even though I wasn't overly sold on Stanley Kubrick's original, could a remake actually improve on it, or would the remake monster claim yet another worthless victim? Having some time before his new teaching assignment begins, ... Read review

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28.09.2001
Innocent Beauty
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by fairydust

Advantages: Fantastic portrayal of an excellent book
Disadvantages: 'delicate' issues delat with

'Lolita' deals with a contravercial subject matter, but the resulting film is both sensitive and beautifully subtle. Jeremy Irons plays an excellent role as Humbert Humbert, the enchanted step-father, and Domanique Swain gives an amazing performance as the seductive, yet innocent Lolita. The story could be summed up as 'stolen innocence'-a young girl becomes facinated with her new step-father, the very man who married her mother just to be close ... Read review

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07.01.2001
Lovely Lolita
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by Eudora

Advantages: controversial film
Disadvantages: not sure if it is a fair representation of the novel

Lolita is controversial film. Its unpredictability keeps the audience on the edge of their seats throughout. Based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel, the film centres on two characters; academic Humbert Humbert and coy Lolita Haze. Other characters such as mother Charlotte, serve merely as pawns in Humbert's game to play for the top prize - Lolita herself. The tension the viewer feels stems from the fact that we are encouraged to sympathise with Humbert ... Read review

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13.01.2001
Lolita the 14 year old nymph...
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by pixiejovo

Advantages: Brilliantly performed controversial Film!!
Disadvantages: Nothing at all, I loved it!

...plans, its her nymph daughter, Lolita (Dominique Swain), who ultimately wins Humbert's affection, testing him and satisfying his secret desires with disastrous results. This is a vry moving film and it honestly does make you stop and think about things in a different perspective! I first saw it on Cable a few months back and had to get it on DVD, it's Absolutley Fabulous!!!! The Special Features Include: The Director's (Adrian Lyne) Commentary A ... Read review

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15.03.2001
Controversial!!
Review of Lolita (Wide Screen) by lukerussell

Advantages: Very good
Disadvantages: maybe too controversial for some

...Lolita. In the original book Lolita is 12 years old but in the movie she is 14 and played by a 15 year old girl. The subject is very controversial and focuses on his destructive realtionship with Lolita and the implications on his life and hers. The film is simply brillaint and does justice to the book, it tackles a difficult subject in a very tasteful way with good results. I would recommend this film to anyone who is into literature and a fan of ... Read review

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12.07.2000

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