I love this movie so much

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

With characters that appear sympathetic at the beginning and turning more and more despicable as the film goes on and showing the unstable mental condition of the main character without throwing it at your face, Lolita manages to keep you uneasy throughout the film. Kubrick's attempt in dark comedy is highly successful here which he will perfect in a much more comedic Dr Strangelove. Lolita could have been a much more complexly woven tale if not for the censorship of the time. From what I've heard the original novel is much better and a lot are omitted here which makes this looks like more sided with the character of Humbert but the way I see it Kubrick have made the audience uneasy and to an extent made them despise themselves for sympathising with these characters by the end of the film. He never wants everything to be too black and white which is what I believe he tried to implement here as well.

Look: This adaptation was appropriate for its era, not this one. I think it's only better-rated than the later Lolita movie because it's a) older and b) from an important director. That it deviates so much from the book acts against it; I think it was rather mean to throw out Nabokov's original screenplay.This is not to say the film has nothing going for it. Sue Lyon's performance definitely warrants existing even alongside Dominique Swain. She lends a seductive classic Hollywood glamour that almost makes the film beautiful. James Mason is serviceable as well--about as hot as an oily- haired classic Hollywood actor is going to get. Unfortunately, when Peter Sellers appears, the film grinds to a screeching halt. I wondered why I was being shown him. Since there is so much from the book they couldn't put in, they replace it with things like. . . a HIGH SCHOOL dance?! We all know she's not in high school! Because of the dawdling, the film comes across as unfinished. If you compare the scene of settling into the hotel room with the corresponding scene in the later film, the dialogue is almost identical except Dolores' line "The word is incest" is omitted. That line was in the book. This may not hold up entirely well, but it's not worth getting mad at because we eventually got my favorite movie of all time. This works about as well as the Sweeney Todd movie: Some elements are genius, but more prominent issues bog it down.

I watched this for the first time recently. I can't say I'd ever had the desire to watch it previously but from the first scene it draws you in and you want to know what happens. It's a long film and at time it seems a little too slow moving at times but a first rate cast make this a must watch film. James Mason is simply outstanding as Professor Humbert who quickly becomes infatuated with Shelly Winters young teenage daughter Lolita. Sue Lyon is superb as the young temptress Lolita and it's a surprise she didn't go onto better things. There is a typically surreal but nonetheless impressive performance by Peter Sellers as Clare Quilty. Although this tackles paedophilia it's done in a very understated way with everything very much implied rather than shown. This if anything adds rather than takes away from the films effect. This is rightfully classed as a classic being beautifully filmed, scripted and acted. A must watch for anyone with an interest in movies.

And just like 2005's "Hard Candy" - 1962's "Lolita" also featured a very precocious and viciously calculating underage girl of just 14 who (though she was being wantonly pursued by men old enough to be her father) turned out to be (in my opinion) an even more despicable "predator" than they were. It's true.I can't begin to tell you how much this gutter-level, white-trash, Stanley Kubrick production made my skin crawl with complete revulsion. And, out of all of the characters presented in this story, there wasn't even one who was in the least bit likable.It was especially Sue Lyon's haughty portrayal of the slutty, demanding, snot-nosed Lolita character (as well as Peter Seller's slimy, quirky and totally irksome Clare Quilty character) that definitely lost this contemptible picture some significant points in my books.