Review of Lolita (1962) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 20 Apr 1979
Though Adrian Lyne's clodhopper direction, underlined by a mushy Ennio Morricone score, predictably runs the gamut from soft-core porn in the manner of David Hamilton to hectoring close-ups, this is perhaps Lyne's best movie after Jacob's Ladder--a genuinely disturbing (if far from literary) adaptation of Nabokov's extraordinary novel, written by former journalist Stephen Schiff and starring, predictably, Jeremy Irons.
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This review of Lolita (1962) was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by Chicago Reader on 20 Apr 1979.
Lolita has generally received very positive reviews.
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