An easy read, especially if you are familiar with Nabokov. However, this is less for the film student than for the literature man. Corliss' copy-cat prose matches Nabokov to even the use of the same words. It is obvious that Corliss knows his Nabokov history and literature, and surely has seen the film Lolita more than once. But the discussion overall of the film will leave the film student not knowing anymore than he already did. He just may be inspired to read Nabokov instead.