Lolita
1962 · Movie · NR · 154 min · ★ 7.3 · 84% critics
A middle-aged British novelist arrives in America and settles into a boarding house, where his attention quickly latches onto the teen daughter of the woman who runs the place. Their relationship becomes an obsession that drives him to make increasingly reckless choices.
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Details
- Years
- 1962
- Release date
- 1962-06-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (2,247 votes)
- Box office
- $9,254,631
- Budget
- $2,000,000
About
You’ll probably like Lolita if you’re drawn to provocative, darkly comic psychological drama with strong performances, but Not for you if topics involving a forbidden attraction and a teen make you uncomfortable, or if you want lighter crowd-pleasers like Wonder Boys.
Pros: clever dark humor; strong performances; tense obsession | Cons: slow middle; controversial subject; some pacing issues
Themes
- hotel
- depression
- lolita
- small town
- secret love
- based on novel or book
- sexual obsession
- summer camp
- midlife crisis
- loss of loved one
- literature professor
- widow
- +13 more
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — New Star of the Year – Actress · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1963 · nominated
Cast & crew
James Mason
as Prof. Humbert Humbert
Shelley Winters
as Charlotte Haze
Sue Lyon
as Dolores "Lolita" Haze
Gary Cockrell
as Richard T. "Dick" Siller
Jerry Stovin
as John Farlow
Diana Decker
as Jean Farlow
Lois Maxwell
as Nurse Mary Lore
Cec Linder
as Physician
- BG
Bill Greene
as George Swine
Shirley Douglas
as Mrs. Starch
Directed by Stanley Kubrick