Product: A Clockwork Orange (1972)
Rating: 4.0
Fascinating but not an all-time great
The first 45 minutes of this movie are utterly compelling, quite shocking in many respects. But it proves difficult for the director and actors to sustain the pace and elements of surprise that galvanize the film at the start. Wonderful music, extraordinary performance by McDowell, and remarkably faithful to Burgess's book.