- Starring: Dominique Swain, Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith
- Summary: Irons plays Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (Swain) in yet another adaptation of Nabokov's classic novel.
- Director: Adrian Lyne
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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Positive: 6 out of 17
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Mixed: 8 out of 17
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Negative: 3 out of 17
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80Lyne's efforts to be both passionate and artistic are generally successful, although a few sex scenes are disturbing and arguably close to salacious.
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60Lyne's direction is sometimes overblown -- debauched playwright Clare Quilty's (Frank Langella) appearance amid the pale fire of exploding bug-zappers really is a bit much -- and the unfortunate fact is that the novel is one long tease, an intricate, seductive game in which words are as important as deeds.
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30The bad news, however, is that after an intriguing opening stretch, and despite Jeremy Irons' potent lead performance, the overlong film becomes repetitive, flat and often dull.
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