This is a very interesting movie.

Rating: 6/10 (9 October 1999)

Malcolm McDowell (Mr. Magoo) "Alex DeLarge" the young man, supposed to be fifteen years old, according to the book, speaking Nadsat as slang (Russified English) is the key character in the movie. He is the leader of a gang of four juvenile delinquents. It appears that they are extremely bored. They committed heinous crimes. He went to prison and decided to go though "aversion therapy," in order to get released earlier, and after the therapy he becomes excessively passive. After being used by an anti-government group which caused him to try to commit suicide, and much criticism in the press he is restored back to what he was. Watching both processes is very interesting. The first time I watched this movie, is somewhat historical in our household. My husband and I were vacationing abroad and we found ourselves with nothing to do on Saturday night than to go to a movie. My husband had already watched A Clockwork Orange. Well, the censors in the country that will remain nameless decided to add little black balls to covering the genitals and breasts of the naked women in the movie. Those little black balls kept jumping up and down during the "Billy Boy" scene. The entire theater was laughing and we all got severely distracted. We have a good laugh every time we remember those scenes and the jumping black balls!
My favorite scenes: Alex and his sexy eye lashes in one eye only. Alex singing "Singing in the Rain." As I understand McDowell improvised that scene, Mr. Kubrick liked it so much that he had to go all over to get the license for the "Singing in the Rain" to be part of the movie. The Minister of the Interior hand feeding Alex after he has been cured (back to normal) with Alex milking the act for all the fun he can get out of it. My favorite quotes: Alex: " Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh." Minister: "Goodness comes from within, goodness is choosing. When a man can not chose he ceases to be a man." I love the music because it has two of my favorite composers: Ludwig van Beethoven and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. This is a very interesting movie.