Critics don't always say the right thing. Roger Ebert gave it 2/4 stars and yet it has a 8.3 here and it got nominated for Best Picture. I saw this and felt uneasy for a lot of it. The movie focuses on a man who rapes women for pleasure. There are numerous nude scenes and therefore it earned an X rating upon original release. But the movie makes you think about morality and therefore has importance. My only real problem is that I could not hear it well and I needed to use subtitles-but maybe that's just me. Mature audiences should check this movie out.

I am a big fan of Kubrick and i loved his other works like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket and The Shining. I knew about this film and i really wanted to see it, so i did and i don't really know what my opinion on it is.It's about a teenager named Alex Delarge and he is the leader of his gang known as The Droogs. They commit all kinds of messed up crimes like beating up homeless people, breaking into people's homes and raping women. One day though, his Droogs betray him and he gets caught by the police.He gets sent to prison but is later let out so he could be sent off to an experiment lab where he is given a treatment called The Ludovico Technique, where he is strapped to chair, has his eyes forced open and is made to watch videos of Ultra-Violence and Rape. This ends up curing Alex and he is released. But his family and the public completely disown Alex. He is kicked out of his home and gets attacked by a bunch of homeless men, he then bumps into George and Dim who are now police officers and they attack him also.So Alex's only place left to go is the house that he broke into, where he severely beat up a man and he rapes the man's wife. Apparently, the rape was so horrible that not only did it kill his wife, but it left him crippled and traumatised.A Clockwork Orange is definitely one of those movies that you should probably watch only once, because you'll see it and you'll probably only want to see it once. I loved it but i think once is enough.

I found the movie boring, pointless display of cruelty and violence, scene after scene, without any good reason or conclusion for the film to come to. No development of any of the characters, and the film circles back right to where you start from 2 hours earlier.

A Clockwork Orange was controversial upon release and it still is a hard film to sit through at times, probably because the main character Alex De large commits such atrocious crimes. But much like any other Stanley Kubrick film this film has an underlying theme and message. A casual glance online will show you the many theories and analysis on the film(much like any other Kubrick film) by so many people around the world- which only proves how popular this film is. The acting is exquisite especially by Malcolm Mcdowell. The cinematography, production design and background features are top notch and as good as any Kubrick film. You can see this and form your own judgement, but chances are that you'll have something to say regardless of your opinion of the film.