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Kubrick badly misses the mark with this film, not in quality, but by a whole decade. It simply does not fit into the 1970s.

Kubrick's canvas is best enjoyed large, right at the front.

Even though the physical violence is kept to a minimum, Losey uses the sound of a riot to help feed the mounting oppression, mirroring the psychological turmoil within Bannion himself.

Excels in not taking itself too seriously while offering a refreshingly imaginative collection of adventures.

In the best tradition of the Gothic, the plot is overwhelmed by the themes and the finer points of the acting frequently lost beneath exuberant displays of emotion.

The film is directed with an air of dignity and the performances are deserving of eternal praise, but as a child of the movies, I was sucked helplessly into a comatose state of boredom.

A film which is there not just to be watched, but to be experienced.

Bogarde, proving not for the first time that he was a whole lot more than just a pretty face, brings a real subtlety and edge to Barratt, letting just enough of the Machiavellian glint through to let us know there's more to this than first appears.