Movie #37: A Clockwork Orange

Movie #: 37
Movie Title: A Clockwork Orange
Year Released: 1971

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Notable Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin

Short Description: In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psychopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #70
IMDB.com: #62
Ranker.com: #40
Lifed.com: #52
Empire.com: #37
FilmCrave.com: #81
FlickChart.com: #46



Date Watched: 10/17/2016

Grade: 2 out of 5 (Fair)

Rationale: I firmly believe that my 2 out of 5 grade for A Clockwork Orange is extremely generous and, honestly, it could have easily been a 1.5 out of 5 instead like fellow Stanley Kubrick letdown 2001: A Space Odyssey. Everything after Alex DeLarge's incarceration is what saved the grade as it was at least watchable, though still bizarre. Up until that point watching was so uncomfortable that my wife left the room mere minutes into the movie. I don't understand how this movie is popular at all.