Review of Lolita (1962) by Lawrence O'toole for Entertainment Weekly — 25 Jan 1986
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s wicked, witty hymn to forbidden love loses some bite in the journey from novel to the screen, but it’s got its plummy pleasures, including a wonderfully subtle James Mason as Humbert Humbert, obsessed with the delicious Sue Lyon as the 14-year-old Lolita (bumped up from 12 in the book), and a marvelously blowzy Shelley Winters, hilarious as Lolita’s sexually voracious mom.
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This review of Lolita (1962) was written by Lawrence O'toole and published by Entertainment Weekly on 25 Jan 1986.
Lolita has generally received very positive reviews.
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