Fresh
One of cinema's most heartfelt and sustained (it runs over three hours), if cynical, visions of an individual's powerlessness.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Barry Lyndon
Upstart. Soldier. Hero. Deserter. Scoundrel.
1975 · 3h 8m · PG
Drama, History
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
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Barry Lyndon
Overview
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
Director and cast
- Stanley Kubrick Director
- Ryan O'Neal as Barry Lyndon
- Marisa Berenson as Lady Lyndon
- Patrick Magee as The Chevalier
- Hardy Krüger as Captain Potzdorf
- Steven Berkoff as Lord Ludd
- Gay Hamilton as Nora
- Marie Kean as Barry's Mother
- Diana Körner as German Girl
- Murray Melvin as Reverend Runt
- Frank Middlemass as Sir Charles Lyndon
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Stanley Kubrick's magisterial Thackeray adaptation now stands as one of his greatest and most savagely ironic films, not to mention one of the few period pieces on celluloid so transporting that it seems to predate the invention of cameras.
Jim Ridley, Village Voice
Fresh
All of Stanley Kubrick's features look better now than when they were first released, but Barry Lyndon, which fared poorly at the box office in 1975, remains his most underrated. It may also be his greatest.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Barry Lyndon isn't a great success, and it's not a great entertainment, but it's a great example of directorial vision: Kubrick saying he's going to make this material function as an illustration of the way he sees the world.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The loveliest of Stanley Kubrick films. Indeed, Barry Lyndon is the one Kubrick movie that could even invite that adjective (or epithet).
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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