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"Hum" and "Lo" enjoy no sincestuous raptures; instead they pout, sulk, rant and rail at each other with such tedious frequency that the viewer prays for the pursuing Clare Quilty to break in on the couple, as he does in several wondrous Sellers disguises. His funniest camouflage is as a transplanted psychiatrist who knows all about "ve Amerrikans" and can break the spine of the English language or rake the arms of a chair with his Teutonic ardor. Whenever Sellers leaves, the life of the picture exits with him.
Lolita is the saddest and most important victim of the current reckless adaptation fad. which, in sterile practice, kills the goose in order to hatch a golden egg.