Clockwork Orange (DVD) Reviews

When I was at school many moons ago this movie was banned because of it's controversial content. That made it a cult film that kids talked about in playgrounds, but few had ever watched it. This meant that we took the first opportunity we could to watch it when it was released properly. At first it was a confusing movie for a youngster, ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on Flixster. Thanks! A Clockwork Orange is based on the controversial 1950s novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess, and was brought up vibrant life by veteran filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in 1971. However, not long after its cinematic release, Kubrick removed it from theatres (contrary to the popular belief that it ...  Read the complete review

Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange is one of the strangest and most disturbing films I have ever seen but at the same time it is one of the greatest, I first saw it in 1997, at the time you could not get the film in the UK as Stanley Kubrick had withdrawn it after the film got blamed for crimes. It was withdrawn for 27 years and finally in 2001 ...  Read the complete review

Clockwork Orange is about a group of teenagers who go out at night to rape and terrorise members of society. The characters are fifteen but this is not very well done as they all look around 20 years old, this is one of the many bad qualities of this film. This film is not very thought out as it does not explain why the teenagers come ...  Read the complete review

Lovely, Milky Milky ============ In the near future a totalitarian Government is in power, violent gangs create fear on the streets, gang warfare is rife and lawlessness seems to rule. One group of "droogs" is led by a young man named Alex (Malcolm McDowell) who is particularly psychopathic. He is also a fan of ...  Read the complete review

Clockwork Orange is, and has been for a long time one of my favourite films ever made. I watched it years ago, and went on to watch it on stage (although trying to get through the book is proving a little bit more difficult), however, flicking through my DVD collection last night it occurred to me that I hadn't seen it in an awfully long time, it ...  Read the complete review

Like a lot of his work, Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange'; a dystopian look at a future where young street hoodlums rule the night has a fascinating back story concerning its existence. Based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novella of the same name, 'A Clockwork Orange' infuriated certain parties when released in the early seventies. This cause for ...  Read the complete review

- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - Released in 1971. Genre Crime/Drama/Thriller. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee and Michael Bates. Based on the 1962 book of the same name written by Anthony Burgess. BBFC Rating: 18. Running time: 136 Minutes. Clockwork Orange is one of the most shocking, ...  Read the complete review

There is something subversively appealing about art media that becomes banned even for a short while and "A Clockwork Orange" is just such a movie that's fascinated me for years. Following its release in 1971, the movie adaptation of Anthony's Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name was eventually withdrawn from UK cinemas following a ...  Read the complete review

a clockwork orange. First watched it for the contraversy that surrounded it when first released. Thought that it would be poor, but with lots of gore, but when it gets down to it the film is a masterpiece in terms both of its shock factor, but also the sheer feel it gives you. The film is violent, and not for the faint hearted, but the ...  Read the complete review

I only saw this film when it was screened on television for the first time a few years ago, it has recently been shown on Film 4. A Clockwork Orange is a disturbing powerful satire based on Anthony Burgess's experimental novel in which contemporary society is overrun by gang violence. Instead of hoodies the culprits are 'droogs' who wear bowler ...  Read the complete review

More often than not, I find myself lost when viewing "Old by decades" movies. Like this one, which surpasses me with about 30 yrs. I find myself conflicted by it.. and left wondering what the point was. Wondering if its the movie or the fact that I don't "get it", because of the period in which it arrived to peoples cinematic ...  Read the complete review

How do we take evil out of our society? This is the question raised in A Clockwork Orange, Stanely Kubrick's surreal look into a violent future. This controversial 1971 movie is based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, and is certainly a contrast to Kubrick's previous 2001:A Space Odyssey. Walter Carlos provides the synthesized score for ...  Read the complete review

I remember my dad telling me about this movie years ago, I managed to borrow a copy at the time it was still banned. It was very bad quality and to be honest I didn't rate the movie at the time mainly due to this fact. I recently watched it again on dvd and my opinion totally changed, this movie really is a work of art, something that ...  Read the complete review

The phrase Cult Movie Classic could have been made for the movie A Clockwork Orange, made by the renowned Stanley Kubrick in 1971 from the novel by Anthony Burgess. It had three controversial years out in the light of day and was then withdrawn from release by Kubrick himself. The film and the novel were savage indictments of violence and ...  Read the complete review

This film is destined to change your entire perspective, Beethoven may not sound quite so bad, codpieces will induce fear and milk will never really compare. The warped nature of the film is it's most defining and enduring feature. Banned for over 20 years on these shores, it has been summoned to entice a new generation. The film covers ...  Read the complete review

Chocolate Orange is a sweet orange flavoured chocolate treat; A Clockwork Orange is an entirely different animal. It is being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. Of course it also has the infamy of being un-available in the UK for many years after a personal ban by the director himself ...  Read the complete review

Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of two and a quarter hours of viddying young malchicks, split into shaika of droogs, peeting moloko in amidst laughs and lashings of ultraviolence, Ludwig Van and the old in-out-in-out? Stanley Kubrick of course, who bravely took up Anthony Burgess' shocking ...  Read the complete review

Stanley Kubrick's film of "A Clockwork Orange" is quite possibly the most apalling, sadistic, disgusting movie ever made. At the same time, it is also an intense, meticulously crafted, creative masterpiece. It is difficult to admit in our society that this film is a masterpiece because it's main character, a psychotic ...  Read the complete review

I first saw this film when it was re-released at the cinema a year or 2 ago, lured by it's previous banned status and intrigued by what I had heard about its violence and strange language. I am glad to say I was not disappointed, in fact I was riveted, entertained, appalled and made to think. Having just bought the video, I found ...  Read the complete review