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Word: nymphetomania (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1998-1998
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...should be said, flat out, that Lyne's Lolita is not a movie we need to be protected from. If it offers a certain sympathetic understanding of Jeremy Irons' gently wistful Humbert Humbert, he is more than adequately punished for his nymphetomania. If Lolita, in Dominique Swain's marvelous performance--a mercurial blend of the guileful and guileless--is as much victimizer as victim, well, such creatures are not unknown in life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Taking a Peek at Lolita | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

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