Lolita (1962)
How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?
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Lolita rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 115K votes
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic79%
TMDb7.307/10· 2K votesWith 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 79/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Lolita
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Cast of Lolita
James Mason
as Prof. Humbert Humbert
Shelley Winters
as Charlotte Haze
Sue Lyon
as Dolores "Lolita" Haze
Gary Cockrell
as Richard T. "Dick" Siller
Jerry Stovin
as John Farlow
Diana Decker
as Jean Farlow
Lois Maxwell
as Nurse Mary Lore
Cec Linder
as Physician
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Bill Greene
as George Swine
Shirley Douglas
as Mrs. Starch
Marianne Stone
as Vivian Darkbloom
Marion Mathie
as Miss Lebone
Lolita facts
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $9.3M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Kubrick transforms controversial material into darkly comedic masterpiece
- •Restrained direction amplifies psychological complexity through suggestion
- •Literary adaptation maintains narrative ambiguity from source novel
What the audience disliked
- •Slow-burn pacing tests modern audiences expecting faster storytelling
- •Disturbing subject matter ensures deeply challenging viewing experience
Trailer
Where to watch Lolita(US)
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