▁comedy ." ▁Philip ▁K . ▁Sche uer ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁declared ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁" man ages ▁to ▁hit ▁pe aks ▁of ▁comedy ▁sh ril ly ▁dis son ant ▁but ▁on ▁an ▁adult ▁level , ▁that ▁are ▁rare ▁indeed , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁to ▁under line ▁the ▁tra ged y ▁in ▁human ▁communication , ▁human ▁commun ion , ▁between ▁people ▁who ' ve ▁got ▁their ▁signals ▁hop eless ly ▁crossed ." ▁The ▁Month ly ▁Film ▁Bul letin ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁primary ▁them es ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁were ▁" ob session ▁and ▁incon gru ity ," ▁and ▁since ▁Kub rick ▁was ▁" an ▁intellectual ▁director ▁with ▁little ▁feeling ▁for ▁er otic ▁t ension ▁... ▁one ▁is ▁the ▁more ▁readily ▁dis posed ▁to ▁accept ▁Kub rick ' s ▁alternative ▁approach ▁as ▁legit imate ." ▁In ▁a ▁generally ▁positive ▁review ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York er , ▁Br end an ▁Gill ▁wrote ▁that ▁" K ub rick ▁is ▁wonder fully ▁self - conf ident ; ▁his ▁camera ▁having ▁convey ed ▁to ▁us ▁within ▁the ▁first ▁five ▁minutes ▁that ▁it ▁can ▁perform ▁any ▁w onders ▁its ▁master ▁may ▁require ▁of ▁it , ▁he ▁proceed s ▁to ▁offer ▁us ▁a ▁succession ▁of ▁scenes ▁broad ly ▁sketch ed ▁and ▁broad ly ▁acted ▁for ▁laugh s , ▁and ▁laugh ▁we ▁do , ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁mor bid ▁the ▁circumstances ." ▁Ar l ene ▁Cro ce ▁in ▁S ight ▁& ▁Sound ▁wrote ▁that ▁" L ol ita ▁is — in ▁its ▁way — a ▁good ▁film ." ▁She