FINALLY GET TO VIDDY THIS

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2000)

And so finally I get to see this film on the big screen. Visually it is superb, and the first half contains some of the great cinematic images and/or scenes. Although McDowall is excellent, you cannot say that for the rest of the cast. The film also drags in the 2nd half, and doesn't offer the most earth shattering argument about the state and violence. In many ways it recreates the Burgess novel faithfully. However the book portrays Alex as much more intelligent, and the government therapy is more prolonged and sinister. This is not Kubrick's finest, but it is one of the key films of the 1970s.