Barry Lyndon

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Barry Lyndon

PG

Released Dec 18, 1975

3h 4m

Drama

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How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) the answer is: any way he can! His climb to wealth and privilege is the enthralling focus of this sumptuous Stanley Kubrick version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel.

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Critics Consensus

Cynical, ironic, and suffused with seductive natural lighting, Barry Lyndon is a complex character piece of a hapless man doomed by Georgian society.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Barry Lyndon indicates that Kubrick is thinking through his camera, and that's not really how good movies get made.

Oct 24, 2023

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

The sense of torpor simultaneously helps to call attention to the painterly beauty of the images-widescreen compositions evoking the light and coloring of 18th century paintings-and the grim, fatalistic determinism of the narrative...

Mar 27, 2020

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Barry Lyndon is, despite its rigorous construction, also among Kubrick's more emotionally engaged films.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 20, 2019

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

It's not laugh-out-loud funny, but there's a dry wit at play that adds a kind of comedy of manners element to the epic drama about a man at once casually unassuming but unwaveringly ambitious.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 11, 2023

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Christopher Connor

The Film Magazine

Make no mistake, Barry Lyndon is one of Stanley Kubrick’s finest films, its status as a less celebrated offering perhaps coming as the result of its position of release being between the vastly more popular A Clockwork Orange and The Shining.

Aug 8, 2023

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

It may be the most beautifully photographed movie in history, but that's all it is.

May 9, 2023

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nick s

I went into this expecting it to be a slow paced, immersive kind of movie, with a plodding and meandering storyline. Which it was. That out of the way, Barry Lyndon is a fabulous body of work. The slow scenes seemed to feel right, the ideas and character arcs were thought provoking. A very visceral, intellectually stimulating film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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Priscilla C

tad slow, but worth watching...astonishing attention to period detail...locations to die for...groundbreaking, award winning cinematography...candlelight...simple, but complex script...music perfectly wedded to the image...why did i wait so long?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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thiago s

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é mais ou menos, o filme pode ter cenas bacanas, mas é um filme de 3 horas e deixa o filme fraco, teve cenas de batalhas que salvaram o filme, mas as cenas de dialogo de antigamente deixaram o filme fraco.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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M S

Honestly, I've seen this film about 200 times. Every scene is like a painting. If you can't appreciate that, you won't like the film. The characters are perfectly cast, right down to the smallest supporting role, meaning that the leads are just as memorable as the supporting ones. Of course, Barry Lyndon is the character whose journey we follow, but he's like a kid racing down a hill on a soapbox, thinking he can dictate the course of events. The classical music that accompanies the "paintings" may seem depressing to some, but that's just the story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/06/24

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Fer S

Amazing movie. You can enjoy it a lot even if you are not a history fan. By the end it started getting slow, but it is still such an interesting story.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Rick T

Depressing. Beautifully filmed with a bunch of rotten people.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Synopsis

How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) the answer is: any way he can! His climb to wealth and privilege is the enthralling focus of this sumptuous Stanley Kubrick version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel.

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Hawk Films, Warner Bros., Peregrine
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 31, 2007
Runtime: 3h 4m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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