Lolita 1962

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Where Nabokov was witty, Kubrick is sometimes merely snide, but fine performances (particularly from Peter Sellers, as the ominous Clare Quilty) cover most of the rough spots. Read more

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: The picture has a rare power, a garbled but often moving push toward an off-beat communication. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Far more satisfying than his later works (one hesitates to call them mere movies). Read more

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