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Lolita

1962 · 154 min · Director: Stanley Kubrick ★ IMDb 7.5 · 117,600 ratings

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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.

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Lolita (1962) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 30%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension70 %65 %42 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 12′Tension60 %50 %32 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 19′Humor41 %21 %21 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 27′Humor35 %11 %21 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 35′Humor38 %18 %28 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity40 %24 %30 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 50′Tension50 %38 %31 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 58′Disturbing64 %56 %34 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 65′Tension64 %55 %32 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 73′Sadness50 %38 %30 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 81′Tension44 %30 %31 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 89′Humor53 %33 %27 %20 %
62.5 %≈ 96′Sadness63 %43 %21 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 104′Tension58 %48 %23 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 112′Tension53 %48 %29 %13 %
77.5 %≈ 119′Tension61 %57 %35 %15 %
82.5 %≈ 127′Tension69 %66 %43 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 135′Tension66 %60 %52 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 142′Curiosity64 %45 %48 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 150′Sadness68 %37 %32 %57 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

SL
Sue Lyon

GC
Gary Cockrell

JS
Jerry Stovin

DD
Diana Decker

Lois Maxwell

Nurse Mary Lore

CL
Cec Linder

BG
Bill Greene

SD
Shirley Douglas

MS
Marianne Stone

Vivian Darkbloom

MM
Marion Mathie

Miss Lebone

JD
James Dyrenforth

Frederick Beale Sr.

MH
Maxine Holden

Miss Fromkiss

JH
John Harrison

Tom

CM
Colin Maitland

Charlie Sedgewick

CD
C. Denier Warren

Potts

RB
Roland Brand

Bill Crest

Peter Sellers

Clare Quilty

Details

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
Written by
Vladimir Nabokov
Type
Movies
Released
1962
Runtime
154 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 117,600 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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