Mar 22

Mar 22 Lolita (1962)

Adapted from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel, the story involves an older man falling for a teenage girl. James Mason is effectively creepy and pathetic in his role, and Shelley Winters is brilliant as Lolita’s sad, lonely mother. Unfortunately, Peter Sellers’ performance as a quirky television writer unbalances the work for no good reason. Darkly comic at times, Lolita is interesting, but not good.