Lolita | 
| Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Suzanne Shepherd
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  141 reviews
Sales Rank: 21519
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1573627046
UPC: 031398719335
EAN: 9781573627047
ASIN: B00001IVFG
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 1998
Release Date: October 12, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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another classic June 26, 2009
John Anthony Mosby
It was okay but, like many classics, its legendary power escapes me in this post-modern era.
 One to touch the heart April 25, 2009
R.Lawrence (Kent)
Apart from the violent scenes towards the ending of the film which I felt were over the top, I mean the bit where our emotionally misguided friend shoots the pimp or whatever you want to call him., I enjoyed this movie. I'm sure many will relate to it. Jeremy Irons is good in movies like this. Anyone who has seen "Damage" will no doubt be able to compare a similar role albeit with a woman rather than a girl of 12! However, he is more likely to be remembered for other roles such as his part in "The Mission" with Robert De Niro. Lolita is a sad but enlightening story. This is one to touch the heart and not one you'll easily forget. The soundtrack is good too. hear it!
Very good and memorable film March 3, 2009
Howard K. Brodsky
This is a noble stab at screen adaption. The Morricone score is nice, too. One thing I can't understand is why hasn't this version hasn't been released on Blu-ray?!?
One of the greatest love stories ever. August 11, 2008
Carbonadam (USA)
This film gets better and better each time I watch it. I never seem to tire of it. It has a fantastic poetic quality that takes it's cues from the novel. One of the greatest love tragedies I have ever come across. Not demon film everyone makes it out to be. A masterpiece in every sense of the word and Lyne's best film.
A must see for anyone who loves a good, honest love tale.
 Europe and America: fatal attraction February 1, 2008
Hinkle Goldfarb (R.R. 1 Highway 162, Butte City, California)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Humbert is really a despicable human being. If there's a moral in this twisted morality tale, it's that obsession can really, really screw up your life. Oh, and also, don't write things in a diary you wouldn't want anyone you know to see.
Jeremy Irons was great, as usual. He's a lot like Johnny Depp, in that he takes roles of people I don't like but is such a good actor that he overcomes the material. Dominique Swain overdoes the nymphet act, but I blame the writer and director more than her.
Great metaphors abound. Insects being zapped after coming too close to the light. Flies stuck on flypaper. Barking dogs straight out of Greek myth. Fields of fire like something out of medieval Italian poetry.
However, the movie engaged in cheap foreshadowing by showing us at the beginning of the movie the results of the dramatic confrontation at the movie's end. I know lots of people have read the book or, like me, know its general outline, but that's no excuse for giving away part of the plot. And overall, does the movie really go anywhere we haven't been, or say anything we haven't heard? I don't think so. The story's as old as King David and Bathsheba. Three stars.
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