One of Kubrick's BEST & certainly one of Ryan O'Neal's BEST pictures.

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2001)

Barry Lyndon is one of my favorite pictures of all time. I first saw it in the theatre when it was first released in early 1976. I have recently purchased it on DVD. Although I am generally not drawn to period costume dramas, the protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal is complex. While he is certainly a cheat, a liar, a deserter, and has many more negative qualities, he also displays LOVE, courage and compassion at times. Sometimes when you least expect it because you know what a thoroughly dishonorable scoundrel he is. And since the movie is also a study of the times as much as a study of a man, I have thought for a long time that Kubrick should have simply titled the movie " The Life and Times ", rather than the more cryptic " Barry Lyndon ".