Lolita (1997)
Getting at Dolores is his main aim, so professor Humbert Humbert doesn't mind marrying her mother first.
31 August 1923, Kinston, North Carolina, USA
1960, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
11 January 1930, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
16 December 1987, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
12 August 1980, Malibu, California, USA
18 October 1980, Kennewick, Washington, USA
9 August 1957, New York City, New York, USA
9 April 1979, London, England, UK
29 April 1925, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
January 01, 2000
With its distant earnestness and leisurely pace, it might as well have been a Merchant Ivory production.July 31, 2002
...any film of Lolita is bound to disappoint the few who insist on the primacy of Nabokov's novelJanuary 01, 2000
Unlike Kubrick's cool, black comedy, Lyne's LOLITA displays a much broader emotional tapestryJanuary 01, 2000
Lyne's update on this comic, bittersweet tale benefits mightily from a clever screenplay by Stephen Schiff and terrific performances by the movie's two leads.May 10, 2003
...the performances hit the right notes...December 19, 2002
Irons is excellent, but the film is a real cold showerJanuary 01, 2000
The film is remarkably...disturbing. There's no other way to put it.July 05, 2015
[VIDEO ESSAY] Although it is considered sacrilege in some circles to say it, Adrian Lyne's 1997 film version of Vladimir Nabokov's often banned 1954 novel is a vast improvement over Stanley Kubrick's beloved 1962 version.