Twisted and visionary

Rating: 9/10 (23 September 2007)

It's not perfect, but it's pretty close, and it's incredibly visionary and ground-breaking. The first 45 minutes or so is absolutely perfect, and as a result the rest of the film feels slow and disappointing, but it all works together at the end. McDowell is fantastic and Kubrick's twisted direction is expectedly solid. The combination of classical music and that haunting, synthesized score is brilliant, and makes for some of the most memorable moments in cinematic history. "Singin' in the Rain" will never be the same. As stated, the ending is rather weak in comparison to the beginning, and the film does run a bit long, but it's hard to get out of your head once you've watched it. A flawed masterpiece.