[A] supremely ironic comedy on the possibility of nuclear annihilation.
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10/03/07
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Reviews Counted: 53 Fresh: 53 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 9/10
Consensus:
Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant Cold War satire remains as funny and razor-sharp today as it was in 1964.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Theatrical Release: 00-00-0000
Synopsis: DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB is Stanley Kubrick's Cold War masterpiece. Based on the novel RED ALERT by Peter George, the film is set at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, when all it would take to destroy the world was one push of... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriter: Terry Southern, Stanley Kubrick, Peter George
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Composer: Laurie Johnson
Screenwriter: Terry Southern, Stanley Kubrick, Peter George
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Composer: Laurie Johnson
Reviews
Top Critic
Perhaps Kubrick's most perfectly realised film, simply because his cynical vision of the progress of technology and human stupidity is wedded with comedy.
01/26/06
Top Critic
It still features Peter Sellers' finest three performances as well as proving that the supposedly humourless Kubrick was up for a laugh.
03/02/05
Top Critic
Like most of his work, Stanley Kubrick's deadly black satirical comedy-thriller on cold war madness and its possible effects (1964) has aged well.
05/08/07
The whole thing is a bit too contemptuous of our defense system for my comfort and taste, wrote NY Times critic Crowther, showing that Kubrick's dark satire was so ahead of its time that critics didn't know what to make of it; Crowther was not alone.
05/04/07
It's as startling today as it was then. Catch it now before it becomes too relevant to be funny again.
10/11/06
'Purity of essence'.... Superbly crafted satire that's neocon fresh to this day.
04/15/06
This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time.
11/26/04
Top Critic
Stanley Kubrick's 40-year-old satirical polital-comedy about the end of the world is especially disturbing as one ponders world events at present.
11/13/04
Is Dr. Strangelove Kubrick's best movie? Along with Paths of Glory, absolutely.
11/05/04
Kubrick's great 1964 tragicomedy about superpowers on the nuclear brink continues to fascinate new generations of moviegoers, as its frequent reissues attest.
10/14/04
Stanley Kubrick's first genuinely original movie has been seen, reseen, dissected, and iconized, but a few sly truths about it have yet to be fully grokked.
10/12/04
A masterpiece of satire, paranoia and straight comedy. One of the all-time classics with a great cast and many memorable moments. Sellers is magnificent.
07/31/04
If there never were another satire of war, you'd think this one would have single-handedly stopped the whole mad business.
07/29/04
The ultimate put-down of Cold War warriors and Pentagon paranoiacs...
06/18/04
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