A painting come to life.

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 1999)

Barry Lyndon has the look and feel of an 18th century painting that has started to move. Each shot is planned out and staged much like the inhabitants of those very paintings. The costumes and sets are remarkable. Kubrick's direction of his actors helps you see what life might have been like in this time. Very proper, very repressed. Even the duel between Barry and his stepson is tense. The way Kubrick paced this film is never tiresome. There is always something to look at in that frame. This film wouldn't be a true Kubrick film without an ironic sense of humor, which is summed up in the epilouge. "All are equal now."