A Clockwork Orange (R)
A violent meditation on violence. Not for kids.
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- Studio: Warner Bros.
- Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
- Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri
- Running Time: 137 minutes
- Release Date: 02/09/1971
- Video/DVD Release Date: 05/06/1991
- Genre: Science Fiction
- MPAA Rating: R
- MPAA Explanation: rape, violence, sex, and nudity.
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the nature of violence. Are some people naturally destined to be violent or does it come from experience? Does our current penal system work? Is it ethical to try to brainwash criminals, as they did to Alex? Or are there other means to use psychology that might help?
Message
Social Behavior:
Characters engage in violent, deviant, criminal behavior.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Some drinking of a drug liquid called Miloko
Violence
Violent beating of a homeless man, attempted rape, gang fight, beating, rape, beating to death of an elderly woman
Sex
Full frontal female nudity, rape, sexual innuendo, male nudity, explicit sex scenes.
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Afsheen Nomai
Based on the Anthony Burgess novel, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE tells the tale of Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a young man whose cravings for sex and violence rule almost his every motivation. He and his roving gang of "droogies" fight and rape their way around town beating up hapless strangers or rival gangs. But Alex's droogies aren't that happy with his leadership. They soon ambush Alex and leave him for the police to find after he murders a woman in her home. After two years in prison, Alex is chosen to participate in an experiment to brainwash the violent tendencies out of criminals: He becomes deathly sick and incapacitated anytime he encounters or thinks about violence. The unintended side effect is that he also feels that way when he hears his favorite composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven. The latter is exploited to disastrous ends in a case of political and personal revenge.
Is it any good?
The film itself is solid Kubrick, and any fan of his work would surely not want to miss this one. McDowell pulls out a career making performance as he mugs and leers into the camera, turning from vicious animal to pouty innocent boy at the drop of a hat.
This movie was way ahead of its time.
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Good 2 is a good age for it
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Good 2 is a good age for it

