The insincerity was clear to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice.

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2008)

Oscar nominated, BAFTA nominates, nominated, but no wins. They wanted to recognize the beauty of this film (and it was artistically fantastic), but could not bring themselves to give it award.
I have to go against the grain here, as I see this as a political statement, not a film about violence.
It is Kubrick's vision to solve crime and clear out the prisons. Aversion therapy may work to do both, but is that really a solution? Why waste the fortnight? Just give them a frontal lobotomy and be done with it.
The American solution is just the opposite. No less right-wing, the largest prison system in the World serves two purposes: legalized slavery and disenfranchisement of minorities. We make billions off prison labor and we can reduce those who would vote for the wrong party.
All of this is just Orwell's 1984 in a different form. Control the masses through drugs, aversion therapy, or locking them up forever.
Nothing to be proud about, and nothing that makes this any kind of classic.