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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 79/100. Scores higher than 73% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 34m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic79/100
2,295 audience votes
Key crew
- Nelson RiddleOriginal Music Composer
- Stanley KubrickDirector
- Vladimir NabokovScreenplay
Cast
- James MasonProf. Humbert Humbert
- Shelley WintersCharlotte Haze
- Sue LyonDolores "Lolita" Haze
- Gary CockrellRichard T. "Dick" Siller
- Jerry StovinJohn Farlow
- Diana DeckerJean Farlow
- Lois MaxwellNurse Mary Lore
- Cec LinderPhysician
- Bill GreeneGeorge Swine
- Shirley DouglasMrs. Starch
- Marianne StoneVivian Darkbloom
- Marion MathieMiss Lebone
Stills
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Themes
hoteldepressionlolitasmall townsecret lovebased on novel or booksexual obsessionsummer campmidlife crisisloss of loved oneliterature professorwidow
The Best Movies of 1962
Lolita is #28 of 59
