Lolita

– Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 17 Minutes
Release Year:
1997
Lolita (1997)

Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.

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Lolita (1997) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Sep 1998

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writer:

Vladimir Nabokov (novel), Stephen Schiff (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain

Plot:

Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

Samuel Goldwyn Company

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
Metacritic:
46%