Lolita (1962)

After taking a little time off from writing it feels like a long time ago that I reviewed Killer's Kiss and mentioned that I saw this Kubrick film. I really struggled to understand this film, is it supposed to be a comedy? or drama? did they really have a lot of dark comedies in the 60's? I just can't take Peter Sellers seriously, and it is hard to take someone who plays multiple characters to trick someone on film as a dramatic role.

So the film is about Professor Humbert Humbert [James Mason] who looks for a room to rent while working at a college. He answers an ad placed by Charlotte [Shelley Winters], a widow with a daughter. It is clear he doesn't care for her, and is about to pass on the room until he meets her daughter, Lolita [Sue Lyon]. Through a serious of strange and awful events he runs off with Lolita convincing a new town that they are father and daughter, when it is clear they are more than that.

Thanks to "The MPAA Code" they are often vague, but you get the point. The film ends a little boring and pathetic which is frustrating because it is two and a half hour commitment... the opposite of Killer's Kiss which clocks in at about an hour.

I would have liked this more if it was a little more fun or serious, I didn't like it being in between. Also if it was about 45 minutes shorter.

Vote: 6/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056193/

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