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Lolita

1962 2h 34m
Drama
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7.3/10
2,297 reviews
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Lolita

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.

"How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?"

Top Billed Cast

James Mason
James Mason
Prof. Humbert Humbert
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
Charlotte Haze
Sue Lyon
Sue Lyon
Dolores "Lolita" Haze
Gary Cockrell
Gary Cockrell
Richard T. "Dick" Siller
Jerry Stovin
Jerry Stovin
John Farlow
Diana Decker
Diana Decker
Jean Farlow
Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell
Nurse Mary Lore
Cec Linder
Cec Linder
Physician

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W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2024-02-19

**_An attractive 14 years-old girl knows the power over males she has… and wields it_**

A middle-aged professor of French literature (James Mason) spends the summer in New Hampshire where he becomes infatuated by a 14 years-old girl (Sue Lyon), the daughter of the woman who rents him a room (Shelley Winters). Nothing good will come from this attraction if he cannot keep it in check.

Helmed by Stanley Kubrick based on the book by Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita" (1962) is a B&W black comedy and psychological drama that was controversial in its day (and still is) so the physical intimacy of ...