7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Lolita (1962)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.9
Overview
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Starring Cast
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Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the universally condemned subject of pedophilia and its devastating psychological impact, focusing on individual pathology rather than promoting or critiquing a specific political ideology or offering a political solution.
The movie features a traditional cast with no explicit diversity initiatives. Its narrative explores the psychological complexities and morally reprehensible actions of a white male protagonist, but does not offer a broad critique of traditional identities or center on DEI themes.
Secondary
The film "Lolita" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on Humbert Humbert's obsession with a young girl, Lolita, exploring themes of pedophilia, desire, and manipulation within a strictly heterosexual context. Therefore, an evaluation of LGBTQ+ portrayal is not applicable.
Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film "Lolita" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers entirely on the complex and problematic relationship between Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze, without any elements pertaining to gender identity or transition.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel maintains the established genders of all its principal characters. No character canonically male or female in the source material is portrayed as a different gender on screen.
The 1962 film "Lolita" adapts Vladimir Nabokov's novel. All major characters, including Humbert Humbert, Lolita Haze, Charlotte Haze, and Clare Quilty, were depicted as white in the source material and portrayed by white actors in the film. There are no instances of a character's race being changed from the established canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.5
7.3
Critic Ratings
8.9
7.9
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