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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 24 May 2007

It paints a detailed picture of Europe's 18th-century period that could have been drawn by master painters such as Constable, Gainborough and Watteau…

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By Jim Ridley (126) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 May 2007

Stanley Kubrick's magisterial Thackeray adaptation now stands as one of his greatest and most savagely ironic films, not to mention one of…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 May 2007

Despite its ponderous, funereal moods and pacing, the film is a highly accomplished piece of storytelling, building to one of the most suspenseful…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 08 Apr 2007

A true neglected jewel in the Kubrick crown…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 15 Oct 2006

Seeing Barry Lyndon a second time, I found myself charmed by just how funny and lively it is, in an underplayed way, when it just seemed cold…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 09 Mar 2004

Stanley Kubrick's minor masterpiece is often overlooked -- even scorned -- by those who claim it to be pretentious and slow…

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By Gabe Leibowitz (202) for Film and Felt (184) on 21 Jul 2003

Glimpses of Barry's humanity peek through during his moments with Brian, and explode in Kubrick's most wrenching moment near the film's conclusion…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 10 Mar 2003

Ryan O’Neal has never been better cast than as the shallow and opportunistic hero of Thackeray’s early 19th-century novel…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 15 Oct 2002

Nice to look at, but so dramatically neuter as to hardly exist…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 30 Jul 2000

To watch Ryan O’Neal’s performance as the upwardly mobile Barry, part victim and part cad, is to see Kubrick’s perverse genius with actors…

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By John Hofsess (1) for New York Times (5,786) on 01 Jan 2000

Maybe the only abstract maxim that one can derive from Kubrick's new film is: 'Openness is everything…

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By Vincent Canby (762) for New York Times (5,786) on 01 Jan 2000

Barry Lyndon is another fascinating challenge from one of our most remarkable, independent-minded directors…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Jan 2000

Barry Lyndon could be considered Kubrick’s masterpiece. At the very least, this cerebral action film represents the height of his craft…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 15 Jul 1997

It’s a movie that actually makes the past look otherworldly, unlike many period pieces, which strive to make history seem easy to slip into…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 31 Dec 1996

Kubrick's beautiful adaptation of the William Thackeray novel follows a young Irish gambler, rogue and romantic adventurer (Ryan O'Neal) though…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 23 Sep 1996

Barry Lyndon is an intimate epic of utter lucidity and command…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 09 Oct 1977

Barry Lyndon isn’t a great success, and it’s not a great entertainment, but it’s a great example of directorial vision…

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