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Lolita (1962)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 5/08

5/08: If not for Peter Sellers, Lolita would've been a masterpiece.

Well, nah. Stanley Kubrick fucks this up as usual. Just stop being too damned technical, will ya? You're killing me, Stanley. Sue Lyon isn't much of a looker. She's an annoying, whiny girl who can't stop sucking her lollipop so much. Hey, check out the movie poster for further proof.

The focus should've been on James Mason. He's brilliant as his character transforms from a sensible, morally repressive to insanely lovesick person. I hate Peter Sellers this time, refusing to shut the fuck up for a minute. Thus, he killed the movie.

All in all, here's a Hollywood cardinal rule: letting Peter Sellers take over can be the film's kiss of death.

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