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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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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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Barry Lyndon | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Pauline Kael 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 Full Review Barry Lyndon | Rotten Tomatoes (2) 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 Full Review Barry Lyndon | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Full Review Barry Lyndon | Rotten Tomatoes (4) 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 Full Review Barry Lyndon | Rotten Tomatoes (5) 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 Full Review Barry Lyndon | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) It may be the most beautifully photographed movie in history, but that's all it is. May 9, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Andrew M When a film absent of dialogue shows two people fall in love, it is a perfect work of art. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Aaron P Barry lyndon is a film with an overly large length and too much filler... is what i have heard far to often this film is kubricks second best beaten only by 2001. my main reason for the love is the due to the gourgious cinematogrophy the simatry in this film is beautiful. another reason i love the film is the score which is elegant yet brash matching the main charector.while the acting leaves much to be desired but as i watched the film i viewed it as more a play. as the sets were all simple the violence was often exaderated etc.the ending of the film (the final duel i mean) is amazing as throughout the film we see bary violently repermand bullingdon. however despite him having an opertunity to fire on him he doesn't instead firing in the ground, which to me implied that he had respect for bullingdon trying to raise him to be stronger. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review Kevin L This is not even close to Kubrick's best movies. The friggin' flute & other prancy music in the background is distracting if not outright annoying. Now I know why I skipped this one for so long. O'Neal's acting is often just plain bad. Gimme Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, 2001, and Clockwork over this pompous, bombastic bore. 2.6 stars Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/24 Full Review Audience Member Total Snoozefest! I saw this upon initial release as Kubrick had made "A Clockwork Orange" two years earlier. Most of the sparse audience in a rather large urban theatre walked out by halfway through. I would have, too, but I brought a date. She probably hated it, too. Ryan O'Neal stinks up everything he's in. I guess being a bad actor "...means never having to say you're sorry!" I don't give a rodent's posterior about the great lighting and camerawork; if you can't put an engaging story on the screen it's nothing but an ego trip, and Kubrick was known for those eg: 2001, Eyes Wide Shut, and THIS turkey. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Shaun B The great kubricks masterpiece.Superb cinema photography.The slow pace of the narrative gives you the opportunity to relish every frame,which is like gazing at a painting.Its like stepping out of a time machine.I watched it three times at the Warner cinema at Leicester Square,when it was first released.Perfect in spite of the puzzling casting of Marisa Berenson as Lady Lyndon.I love every second of it,and it rewards repeat viewing.The greatest movie ever. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review David M Greatest film ever made. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stanley Kubrick Director Ryan O'Neal Barry Lyndon Marisa Berenson Lady Lyndon Patrick Magee Chevalier de Baliban Hardy Krüger Capt. Potzdorf Steven Berkoff Lord Ludd
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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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