A bleak, intimate drama unfolds as a middle-aged novelist becomes chillingly obsessed with a teenager.
Melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), Fandango at Home (free), Pluto TV (free) and Tubi (free).
For an R, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, some violence and some strong language.
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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.
No. Brace yourself.
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