Word: lolitas
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...Lolita...
Entertaining, ironic, instructive, passionate and comic, Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is a required cultural experience, whether or not you are familiar with the novel...
...come to New Hampshire to lodge for the summer before starting a lectureship, tours the home of prospective landlord Charlotte Haze (Sue Lyons), he is completely turned off by her blatant, grotesque and clingy personality. But one look at Haze's shrewd, sexy adolescent daughter, Dolores (a.k.a. Lo or Lolita, played by Shelley Winters), sensuously sunbathing on the front lawn, and Humbert is there to stay. The story plays out Humbert's pedophilic passions, and, when Lolita and he go on a cross-country escapade, it becomes an extended commentary on mid-twentieth century American culture...
...women when the three of them see a horror movie and the mother and daughter each grip his hand in fright. Presaging what is to follow in one deft move, Humbert extricates his left hand from the older Mrs. Haze's clutch and places it on top of Lolita's hand...
...acting by all of the major characters in the film is superb. James Mason in the lead role provides a masterful portrayal of polish and perversion. As Lolita, Shelley Winters revels in the role of the clever, assertive and pouty nymphet. Sue Lyons' Charlotte Haze oozes visceral detestability to the point where the viewer empathizes with Humbert's disgust...