A Clockwork Orange

I can’t accept that Kubrick is merely reflecting this post-assassinations, post-Manson mood; I think he’s catering to it. I think he wants to dig it.

A stone-cold classic, no getting around the fact...

I'm afraid I found A Clockwork Orange brilliant but disappointing, its moments of power offset by an overwrought stridency and its message overbalanced by the medium.

It is, I'm afraid,nothing more than a garish Pop-art poster pretending to be a work of art.

There are no passages where we can sit back, listen and admire. The film just hits, and hits hard. It works, as only a master could make it.

All of the film's provocation and jaded sexual politics are flavoured with histrionic cynicism and disillusion.

Kubrick creates a harsh and unforgiving picture of society in this film, a society that thinks in black and white refusing to entertain color. The quick and easy fix is seemingly the only one worth indulging in.

Kubrick, ever the provocateur, would probably enjoy its enduring legacy, and recoil at the same time.

The rare Kubrick film that feels like a misfire, and although the impeccable filmmaking techniques are still admirable, it’ll be tough appreciating the full effect of the shocking content when you’re checking your watch every five minutes.

An exploration of the power psychological games can have on us. [Full review in Spanish]