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

Visually astonishing and placid as a pond in the English countryside, Stanley Kubrick's maddening and masterful Barry Lyndon renders a hollow life with painterly poise.

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David Sexton

New Statesman

Barry Lyndon is a film altogether about time, one of the good reasons for experiencing the full 185 minutes continuously, in a cinema. It’s much more rewarding to see on a big screen.

Jul 9, 2025

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

It isn’t vulgar to suggest that Kubrick may have identified with Barry the autodidact.

Jul 7, 2025

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Joseph Gelmis

Newsday

A magnificent Ferrari compared to the assembly line of Volkswagens and Cadillacs of moviedom. To criticize Kubrick for making a gorgeous movie about a loveless world of decadent grandeur is like bawling out Dostoevsky for writing about [degenerates].

Feb 25, 2025

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon is a wildly-entertaining adventure that utilizes gorgeous production design, costumes, makeup, and cinematography to tell the compelling tale of its titular antihero.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 8, 2025

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John Huddy

Miami Herald

A pretentious, tiresome, fatuous bore, a piece of inflated and contrived elegance that is as desolate as the backside of the moon. Protected by his praetorian guard of critics, Stanley Kubrick gives the auteur theory a bad name.

Feb 25, 2025

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Dorothy Smiljanich

Tampa Bay Times

Barry Lyndon is another success for Stanley Kubrick. How unfortunate that so few people will ever know it.

Feb 25, 2025

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Advik

The equivalent of touring an art gallery.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Nick E

Gorgeously shot, Barry Lyndon's pacing often crawls, but the film is sweeping nonetheless.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Alexsander F

Fellini used to say that: "First and foremost, a film is a work of art, a moving picture," and this film is the perfect embodiment of that idea. It is an 18^(th)-century Don Quixote, a reverse Don Juan. It is simply one of the greatest epics in the history of cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/25

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Stephen C

3 hours and 4 minutes of drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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Jon G

A beautifully cinematic, brilliant movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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Ralph B

Compellingly emotional, Barry Lyndon is stylistically, vintage Kubrick. The cinematography is stunning, the plot line's are woven masterfully, and the music keeps with the times nicely.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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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: Warner Bros., Hawk Films, 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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