A Clockwork Orange
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- CallumNovember 8, 2025⭐⭐⭐⭐½ – A Clockwork Orange – Violence, Virtue, and the Vicious Cycle of Man Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange is as hypnotic as it is horrifying — a film that still feels transgressive half a century later. It isn’t just about violence; it’s about the machinery of control, and what happens when society tries to cure evil by erasing choice itself. In a world obsessed with order, Kubrick asks whether a man stripped of free will is still a man at all. Malcolm McDowell delivers one of cinema’s great performances as Alex DeLarge — charming, articulate, monstrous, and magnetic. He makes the unwatchable watchable, luring you into his world of “ultraviolence” and moral decay before forcing you to confront your own discomfort at being entertained by it. The infamous “Singin’ in the Rain” sequence remains one of film’s most disturbing juxtapositions: joy and cruelty perfectly choreographed into something unforgettable. Kubrick directs with cold precision — the geometry of his frames, the sterile futurism of his settings, and the ironic use of classical music all combine to turn brutality into art, and art into accusation. It’s not an easy film to sit through, nor should it be. Like Children of Men or Brazil, it sits in that uneasy middle ground between satire and nightmare, asking not whether humanity can be saved, but whether it deserves to be. It’s not for the faint-hearted, and it’s not meant to comfort. But it’s one of those rare works that stays with you — not because it’s pleasant, but because it forces you to look directly into the darker mirror of human nature. 🥃 Pairing: A glass of milk laced with rum — pure on the surface, dangerous underneath, and impossible to swallow without feeling its sting.
- Elliot047February 15, 2026Kubrik Direction of this film is exceptional, he makes you immerse in his world, that's his style. I have a slight issue with so many coincidences happening in the movie, which, to be honest, is directly coming from the book 'A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burges', and maybe I'm not someone who likes that level of coincidences happening even in a book in order to serve allegory.
- Joe KnappFebruary 3, 2024A very intelligent movie that employs ultra-violence to paint a dystopian future where the practice of psychology goes off the rails. It's one of my all-time favorite movies. The acting is superb. It's one of those movies that broke the mold and changed the course of movie-making forever. Do not miss this one!
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A Clockwork Orange was released on October 28, 1971.
A Clockwork Orange was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
A Clockwork Orange has a runtime of 2h 17m.
A Clockwork Orange was produced by Stanley Kubrick.
Alex DeLarge is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the program, his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the streets of Britain.
The key characters in A Clockwork Orange are Alex (Malcolm McDowell), Mr. Alexander (Patrick Magee), Dr. Brodsky (Carl Duering).
A Clockwork Orange is rated NC-17.
A Clockwork Orange is a Science Fiction, Crime, Drama film.
A Clockwork Orange has an audience rating of 9.3 out of 10.
A Clockwork Orange had a budget of $2.2M.
A Clockwork Orange has made $27M at the box office.