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78 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 166 Ratings

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  • Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
  • Summary: Kubrick makes of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel a savage and satiric morality play centering on Alex (McDowell), who fights, robs, rapes and kills like any concsienceless predator. Captured and imprisoned, he undergoes treatment to condition him "safe", a "clockwork orange" healthy and whole on the outside - but crippled within by reflex mechanisms beyond his control. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Gene Siskel
    100
    Kubrick's contributions are his wit and his eye. The wit, too much at times, is as biting as in "Dr. Strangelove," and the production, while of another order, is as spectacular as in "2001." [11 Feb 1972]
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    It is just plain talky and boring. You know there's something wrong with a movie when the last third feels like the last half.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    20
    A very bad film--snide, barely competent, and overdrawn--that enjoys a perennial popularity, perhaps because its confused moral position appeals to the secret Nietzscheans within us.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 78
  3. Negative: 7 out of 78
  1. grandpajoe6191
    8
    Stanley Kubrick asks the audience a difficult question of whenether the sins of mankind should be adjusted or not. His film "A Clockwork Orange" doesn't really answer the prompt, but reflects it back to the audience and makes them deeply think about what morale we are exposed to, and if the morale we believe in is just or unjust.… Expand
    • 9 of 9 users said yes
  2. VikkiC.
    5
    After this film was first released, many cases of (Copycat) was reported. A 16 year old British boy pleaded guilty for attacking an old man, saying he had seen in it the film. The press related the violence in the film to many cases of (Copycat.) Cases like this caused Stanley Kubrick to withdraw the film from British release. Even though this film looks closely on Human deviance, the film had its reasons for being banned. It had a big impact on British society, and even though it is a good film, we have to justify what impact it left on society.… Expand
    • 0 of 7 users said yes
  3. asoomro
    0
    This movie was needlessly pornographic and violent in a bad way. It was disgusting and a waste of time. It was one of those movies you walk away saying, I hope my younger siblings don't have to watch this...it's just wrong overall.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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