Lolita
How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?
1962 • 154 min • Drama
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 17- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 73 Audience · 2271 · 49%
An English literature professor becomes obsessed with his landlady's teenage daughter. After the mother's unexpected death, he becomes the girl's stepfather and takes her on a cross-country journey, attempting to keep her close. The film explores themes of forbidden desire and manipulation.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 6/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- A man's inappropriate obsession with a teenage girl is central to the plot
- Depicts predatory behavior and psychological manipulation
- Some implied sexual content and suggestive situations
Talk about it after
- The ethics of relationships with significant age differences
- Manipulation and power dynamics
- The lasting impact of traumatic experiences
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Top billed cast
Director: Stanley Kubrick • Crew: Vladimir Nabokov
Trailers & clips
Your Mother is Dead
Humbert Finds Quilty
Breakfast
Original Trailer
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**_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.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.3/10 (2,271)
- Age rating
- NR
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $9,250,000
- IMDb
- tt0056193
