Ryan O'Neal to star in a movie for Stanley Kubrick, "Barry Lyndon". While that film was in pre production, O'Neal played a jewel thief in "The Thief Who Came to Dinner" (1972) opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Warren Oates. Then he was reunited with Bogdanovich for "Paper Moon" (1973) in which he starred opposite his daughter Tatum O'Neal. Tatum won an Oscar for her performance in a very popular movie and in 1973, Ryan O'Neal was voted by exhibitors as the second most popular star in the country, behind Clint Eastwood. O'Neal spent over a year making "Barry Lyndon" (1975) for Kubrick. The
Barry Lyndon the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote that the film "is almost aggressive in its cool detachment. It defies us to care, it forces us to remain detached about its stately elegance." He added, "This must be one of the most beautiful films ever made." Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" called the film "another fascinating challenge from one of our most remarkable, independent-minded directors." Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "I found 'Barry Lyndon' to be quite obvious about its intentions and thoroughly successful in achieving