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Kevin Patterson
Well, I have to hand it to Stanley Kubrick: I never realized that nuclear war could be so funny. His 1963 classic "Dr. Strangelove" is not only a pointed satire of the Cold War but a hilariously entertaining black comedy as well.The political ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Kevin Patterson
A Nutshell Review
The first thing that strikes you from this 1964 classic, is the extremely long title! Directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001 Space Odessey, Eyes Wide Shut) and starring the talented Peter Sellers (the Pink Panther franchise), this film touches upon the use of ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at A Nutshell Review
Appreciating Great Trash
A major component of entertainment is technical difficulty necessitating specialized skill. Sure, the act of juggling in-and-of-itself is difficult and requires tremendous presence-of-mind, but who are you going to remember the next day: the guy juggling ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Appreciating Great Trash
UTK Daily Beacon (Charles Booth)
What else could possibly be funnier than Nuclear War? For legendary director Stanley Kubrick, nothing.
In the early 1960s, Kubrick set out to make a chilling Cold War drama about the likelihood of a nuclear war from Peter George's novel Red Alert. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at UTK Daily Beacon (Charles Booth)
eFilmCritic
So there I was at the local video rental place, perusing the shelves. There it was... a movie with a title so ludicrous and so long, that it piqued my attention. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick and featured Peter Sellers. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at eFilmCritic
filmcritic.com wages war with Dr. Strangelove
Only Stanley Kubrick could make a movie about World War III and make it one of the most hilarious films ever made. No, it doesn't hurt to have Peter Sellers in your film, either. And it doesn't hurt to have him in three roles (originally he was slated ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at filmcritic.com wages war with Dr. Strangelove
Jay's Movie Blog
There are huge gaps in my movie knowledge. It comes from not renting movies very often, even when there were good video stores near me And after moving to a place just a few blocks from the Brattle... Well, now there's a chance to see something for the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Jay's Movie Blog
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
The greatest nuclear holocaust comedy of all time, Stanley Kubrick's darkly hilarious 1964 "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," reopens this weekend in a new 35mm print at the Music Box Theatre. This landmark ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Celluloid Dreams
Dr Strangelove is an excellent black comedy which sends up cold war paranoia and the possibility of a nuclear holocaust as two war-hungry and psychotic US generals set about triggering an all out war. The film was released in 1964 and is based on a novel ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Celluloid Dreams
CleverDonkey.com (EngineerBoy)
The River Oaks Theatre here in Houston showed Dr. Strangelove on the big screen at a midnight showing last night. There was a surprisingly large crowd of very appreciative filmgoers. Although Iâve seen Dr. Strangelove many, many times on TV, VHS, and ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at CleverDonkey.com (EngineerBoy)
DVD Breakdown
tanley Kubrick directed quite a few memorable films in his lifetime, most of which are best known for the way in which they have been able to divide opinion. Movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining all have a very strong ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Breakdown
The Invisible Hand Of Alan Smithee
I'll just come right out and say it. I love a movie that ends badly. Not "bad" as in "Boy, that ending sucked!" but "bad" as in "Wow, that ending was really dark!" I dunno, maybe it's just the Hamlet in me, but if the movie ends with corpses ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The Invisible Hand Of Alan Smithee
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Is ''Dr. Strangelove" Kubrick's best movie? Along with ''Paths of Glory," absolutely. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
At the time that he made Dr Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick was just beginning to blossom as the celebrated auteur he is regarded as today. He had made a thriller The Killing (1956), the acclaimed anti-War film Paths of Glory (1957), had taken ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
DVD Confidential
Its pretty amazing to think that this film was originally intended to be a dramatic thriller. Based on the tense nuclear war novel "Red Alert", Stanley Kubrick and co-screenwriter Terry Southern began this script true to the book but slowly transformed ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Confidential
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
The hard-charging originality of the screenplay—the equivalent of turning "The Hot Zone" into a Farrelly comedy—suggests a deficient legacy of credit to Terry Southern's corner. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Boxoffice Magazine
When the first Stanley Kubrick DVD collection was released, it was a rather hasty -- if welcome -- affair intended to capitalize on the publicity surrounding "Eyes Wide Shut." After much complaining on the part of fans regarding the poor video and ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
No, Kubrick fans... that second "Stanley Kubrick Collection" which you thought was the end-all, be-all release for films like "Dr. Strangelove" turns out to not be the case. In honor of the film's 40th anniversary Warners has released another ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
If "Dr. Strangelove" were only available on a scratched, warped DVD that played occasionally in specially-made players from Iceland, it would still be a must-own. Few films have the kind of royal place in cinematic history that Stanley Kubrick's 1964 ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Dragan Antulov
Like any film, DR. STRANGELOVE is product of its time, and we might argue that it could have been made only during the Cold War. We also might argue that the blackandwhite photography and some rather rusty special effects show its age, thus limiting its ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Dragan Antulov
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The genius of Dr. Strangelove is that it's possible to laugh -- and laugh hard -- while still recognizing the intelligence and insight behind the humor. The film is always saying something, and a viewer would have to be deaf and blind not ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
More lethal than a nuclear waste dump, Kubrick's komedy at least kills us with laughter... It's one of the greatest - and undoubtably the most hilarious - antiwar statements ever put to film. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Seen after 30 years, Dr. Strangelove seems remarkably fresh and undated - a clear-eyed, irreverant, dangerous satire. And its willingness to follow the situation to its logical conclusion - nuclear annihilation - has a purity that today's lily-livered ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
DVD Journal
Imagine something that could end the world today. It must be widely known to exist now, making the threat not only possible and plausible, but gravely, unquestionably real to a significant portion of the public, the government, and the military. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Journal
DVD Movie Central
Stanley Kubrick was a filmmaker constantly ahead of his time, and no piece is as singularly indicative of that fact as his legendary black comedy, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It was a movie that dared to poke ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Movie Central
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
This is one of the greatest political satires, if not the greatest ever made. A not to be missed film. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
sbs.is (Stefan Birgir Stefansson)
Stanley Kubrick's best film. A perfect satire. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at sbs.is (Stefan Birgir Stefansson)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Kubrick's great 1964 tragicomedy about superpowers on the nuclear brink continues to fascinate new generations of moviegoers, as its frequent reissues attest. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Endures as one of the finest political satires. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
The film is a model of barely controlled hysteria in which the absurdity of hypermasculine Cold War posturing becomes devastatingly funny--and at the same time nightmarishly frightening in its accuracy. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
ErikCinema (Erik Bauman)
eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
There are huge gaps in my movie knowledge. It comes from not renting movies very often, even when there were good video stores near me And after moving to a place just a few blocks from the Brattle... Well, now there's a chance to see something for the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
There may not be a better political comedy than Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, which is likely to appeal even to those who aren't normally fans of the director's work. Comedy is best when it's played straight, and here it certainly is. With the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
I donât remember the exact time I first saw this picture, but let me tell you, there have been few movies that have had as long lasting and deep an impact on me as this ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...the best black comedy ever produced for the screen. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
WhatDVD 40th Anniversary Edition review
With the recent events in Iraq and the current state of leadership in the White House, Stanley Kubrickâs savage black comedy about nuclear war, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (1964), is more relevant than ever. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at WhatDVD 40th Anniversary Edition review
DVD Times - Special Edition
Gone mad at the thought of Russian communists trying to pollute America's precious bodily fluids, General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), in charge of the Burpleson Air Force base orders an all out nuclear attack on the U.S.S.R, led by a fleet of B-52 ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Times - Special Edition
DVD Times
In many respects the most important film in Stanley Kubrickâs development as a director, Dr. Strangelove is his first example of filmmaking as enquiry, with the subject in this case being the mechanics of nuclear war. Kubrick read voraciously on the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Times
JackassCritics.com (crosshairs)
In the middle of the cold war era, an Air Force base commander looses touch with reality, launches his entire B-52 fleet against the Ruskies, and places his base under lockdown. The U.S. âWar Roomâ is assembled and the game is played out. The ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at JackassCritics.com (crosshairs)
Hollywood Reporter (--)
Talk about nuclear proliferation -- "Dr. Strangelove" is back on DVD, making its fifth appearance in that video format's relatively short life. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Hollywood Reporter (--)
moviediva
A deranged general obsessed with the corruption of his precious bodily fluids single handedly launches a nuclear Holocaust. And, it's a comedy! This ferocious Cold War era satire has, unfortunately, never become dated. Kubrick immersed ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at moviediva
Moviemom's review
In this blackest of black comedies, a "Duck Soup" for the Cold War era, a rogue American general named Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) goes mad and sends planes to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union. He cuts off all communication to the base, and ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Moviemom's review
Reel Movie Critic (Vittorio J. Carli)
"Dr. Strangelove" is a devilishly clever and darkly satirical spoof of the cold war era and the US/Soviet arms race. It rewards multiple viewings, and it's one of those rare films that only get better with age.
It was based on a 1958 novel by Peter ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Reel Movie Critic (Vittorio J. Carli)
Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings
The only reason I don't wholeheartedly pick 2001 as my faovrite Kubrick movie is because he also made this one, which I like equally well. Based on a novel called Red Alert, it was changed from a serious drama to a comedy, and this was a wise move; the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings
The G Line DVD review
Clmost every review of Dr. Strangelove calls the film anti-war or anti-nuclear, but that's a little like calling A Clockwork Orange anti-violence: too simpleminded. Dr. Strangelove isn't so much anti-war as anti-immaturity. Here we have some of the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The G Line DVD review
The Rewind Forums - R1 40th Anniversary Edition 2-disc set DVD Review
I love absurdity, I love comedy and I love satire. How could I not love this movie? Although this review is the first time Iâve mentioned him on my site â how appropriate is it to mention him reviewing âThe Twins Effect 2â? â I love Stanley ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The Rewind Forums - R1 40th Anniversary Edition 2-disc set DVD Review
rec.arts.movies.reviews (Michael J. Legeros)
Mein Fuhrer! The most fun that *I* had last month was in Durham, at the Carolina, at a mid-week screening of Stanley Kubrick's pitch-black comedy DR. STRANGELOVE (OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB). ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Michael J. Legeros)
Bucket Reviews (Steven Cipriano)
This classic, originally released in 1964, features Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, James Earl Jones, and Slim Pickens blended together to form one of greatest comedy films of all time. In 1964, there was a real threat of nuclear war with the Russians ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Bucket Reviews (Steven Cipriano)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
In this blackest of black comedies, a "Duck Soup" for the Cold War era, a rogue American general named Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) goes mad and sends planes to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union. He cuts off all communication to the base, and ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
It is rare that a war movie offers commentary on a time and place while it¹s actually happening. It is easy to reflect in hindsight, pointing out the silliness and the paranoia of an era from the more mature and (perhaps) safer future. "Dr. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
It's always good to see an old favorite back with added trappings. "Dr. Strangelove" is quite certainly the best black comedy ever produced for the screen. Equally convincing, it is one of filmdom's most pointed and funny satires. Furthermore, its ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Only Stanley Kubrick could make a movie about World War III and make it one of the most hilarious films ever made. No, it doesn't hurt to have Peter Sellers in your film, either. And it doesn't hurt to have him in three roles (originally he was slated ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Dr. Strangelove is noted for Peter Sellers' masterful performances in three distinct roles: Dr. Strangelove (an eccentric scientist), Mr. Merkin Muffley (President of the US), and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (a stereotype of a British officer with a ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Easily the funniest movie ever made about global thermonuclear holocaust, DR. STRANGELOVE seems to grow more relevant with each passing year. Obsessed with the idea that Communists are trying to rob Americans of their "precious bodily fluids," General ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
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. Though it takes a wee bit more to set forth world destruction (at least one truly hopes) Dr. Strangelove ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
Cinescape
Stanley Kubrick's black comedy is one of the director's most well loved films. With a strong narrative (taken from the serious novel RED ALERT) that leads inexorably to the nuclear bombing that will trigger the end of life as we know it, the film aims ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Cinescape
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
The ultimate black comedy, this movie is highly recommended to anyone interested in film history, Stanley Kubrick, or just seeing a great film. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Kubrick's visionary satire was so much ahead of its time in subject, style and ensibility, that most critics and viewers didn't know how to evaluate it ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)
Stanley Kubrick's celebrated black comedy classic about an "accidental" nuclear attack was nominated for four Academy Awards in 1964. Created during a time when the paranoia of the Cold War was at its peak, the film still seems surprisingly relevant ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)
homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
Stanley Kubrickâs 1964 "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" is possibly the greatest political satire in film history, and it surely ranks near the top of any reasonable list of the best black comedies ever made. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
DVD Net (Anthony Bethell)
When Mein Führerâ¦.Uhâ¦.the editor in chief slipped me this disc to review I was about as giddy as a school girl at a blue light! Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is without a doubt one of the finest & hilarious ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Net (Anthony Bethell)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Dan Heaton)
Stanley Kubrick's black comedy Dr. Strangelove is one of the more disturbing films about war ever made. The events leading to a possible nuclear war are ridiculous and silly, but they contain numerous elements of real life that still ring true today. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Dan Heaton)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)
There's a sort of anarchy that's reigned over international geopolitics since the end of the Cold Warâterrorism is an obvious threat of enormous proportions, but so are unstable dictators getting access to weapons of mass destruction, the stoking of ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
Empire Magazine [UK]
The collapse of the Cold War may have left Kubrick's satire on mutually assured destruction less relevant than it was, but it still features Peter Sellers' finest three performances as well as proving that the supposedly humourless Kubrick was up for a ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
MovieFreak.com (Greg Malmborg)
Dr. Strangelove is still remarkably fresh, relevant, and hilarious 40 years after its initial release and has some of the funniest performances, satirical dialogue and "laugh out loud" gags and one-liners in film history. Stanley Kubrick will not be ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at MovieFreak.com (Greg Malmborg)
Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)
I grew up in the late fifties, early sixties. As such, I was part of the cold war generation that learned in school to âduck and coverâ, that is hide under the quarter inch plywood desk that was supposed to protect us from the devastation of a ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)
The Greatest Films (Tim Dirks)
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is producer/director Stanley Kubrick's brilliant, satirical, provocative black comedy/fantasy regarding doomsday and Cold War politics that features an accidental, inadvertent, ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The Greatest Films (Tim Dirks)
Classic Film Guide
So very funny. Peter Sellers, who received his first (of two) Best Actor Oscar nomination, plays three different characters (including the somewhat insane ex-Nazi title role and the President of the United States!), but is perhaps upstaged by George C. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Classic Film Guide
Chris Jarmick
Dr. Strangelove is a classic. A daring, black comic satiric masterpiece which has had a remarkable influence and impact on millions throughout the world.
The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and the Cold War was on the minds of most Americans in the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chris Jarmick
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
When you consider the history of motion pictures, certain watershed films leap to mind -- productions which have left their mark on the craft. Without a doubt, one of those is Stanley Kubrik's 1964 masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove (or, as it's subtitled, ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Every time you see a great film, you find new things in it. Viewing Stanley Kubrick's ``Dr. Strangelove'' for perhaps the 10th time, I discovered what George C. Scott does with his face. His performance is the funniest thing in the movie--better even ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
DVD Clinic ("Indiana Sev")
A dark comedy set in the Cold War era, in which a psychotic army general (Sterling Hayden), appropriately named Jack D. Ripper, authorizes an unprovoked airborne nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Upon learning this, both American and Soviet ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Clinic ("Indiana Sev")
The Digital Bits
Just in case you haven't guessed by its title, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is black comedy at its finest. The film wraps itself smartly in the trappings of the Cold War and just as smartly reveals how truly ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The Digital Bits
25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
General Jack D. Ripper wird wahnsinnig und beschlieÃt um der Reinheit der Säfte willen, den Atomkrieg mit Russland anzufangen - was der Präsident verzweifelt und unfähig zu verhindern sucht. Kubricks Kalte-Kriegs-Komödie hat bis heute kaum etwas von ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at 25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
In the days after it first opened in early 1964, Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" took on the enchanted aura of a film that had gotten away with something. Johnson was in the White ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Edinburgh U Film Society (Christopher Palmer)
In 1964, with the threat of nuclear war looming over the entire world, Stanley Kubrick spun the whole issue on its head by creating the greatest ever comment on Cold War insanity, but also one of the funniest films ever made. Taking Peter Georgeâs ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Christopher Palmer)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Has Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb aged badly? I mean, the cold war is over. Communism is dead, and the Russians are no longer our enemies. What I had loved about Dr. Strangelove when I saw it as a teenager in the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
You'd never think impending nuclear disaster could be so much ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Major T.J. King Kong (Slim Pickens) is fired up about his new mission. "Well, boys, I reckon this is it," he tells his men. "Nuclear combat, toe to toe with the Ruskies." He later adds, "I'd say that you're all in line for some important promotions and ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB ($30) is one of the most outrageous sick jokes perpetrated on the movie going public. This ultra-black comedy plays off the farcical nature of "the cold war" and the possibility of ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
Given U.S. President Eisenhowerâs famous address to the American people near the end of his reign, during which he warned of the pernicious and carnivorous nature of the ominously monikered âMilitary Industrial Complex,â I wonder if he appreciated ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
Variety (Staff (Not Credited))
George C. Scott as the fiery Pentagon general who seizes on the crisis as a means to argue for total annihilation of Russia offers a top performance, one of the best in the film. Odd as it may seem in this backdrop, he displays a fine comedy touch. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Variety (Staff (Not Credited))
Movie Vault (Dick Douglas)
Stanley Kubrickâs compellingly realistic black comedy was far ahead of its time in 1964, depicting the taboo subject of the cold war between the US and the Soviet Union in a fascinatingly humorous fashion. Keeping an heir of seriousness adds to the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Movie Vault (Dick Douglas)
DVD Review e-zine
I would assume that if youâre reading this youâre most likely familiar with and probably a fan of Stanley Kubrickâs classic nuclear satire, "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love the Bomb." Assuming, however, frequently ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Review e-zine
PHILM - danske filmanmeldelser
Utvivlsomt en af de allermorsommeste film, der er lavet om atomkrigsførelse. Det lyder usandsynligt, at en film om atomkrig skulle kunne være morsom, men det er så afgjort tilfældet i Stanley Kubricks elskelige "Dr. Strangelove". ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at PHILM - danske filmanmeldelser
DVD Town (James Plath)
Just when you thought it was safe to put that Special Edition high up on the "keeper" shelf, along comes Columbia TriStar with another Special Edition of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." If you're building a ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Town (James Plath)
DVDnett.no
Hvordan spøker man med atomvåpen uten å bare være dum? Det er vanskelig. Men Stanley Kubrick klarte det på svært elegant vis i den merkelige, sorte komedien Dr. Strangelove, med undertittelen "or how I learned to stop worrying and love the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVDnett.no
Reel.com
At the time, it all seemed strangely normal: the children filing into school basements for bomb drills, or neighbors just across the fence digging pool-sized holes and building concrete shelters. Everyone seemed oddly resigned that the world would end ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Reel.com
Boxoffice Magazine
The destruction of mankind by the H-Bomb and a so-called "Doomsday Machine" scarcely seems a likely subject for comedy yet producer-director Stanley Kubrick has fashioned a fantastically satirical picture with many chuckles and a goodly amount of ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
It's part of the human condition to use laughter as a form of defense when the only other option is a hysterical scream of absolute terror. Like when you wake up and see Kyle hovering over your bed, axe in hand and sunglasses on face, drooling a bit: ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Austin Chronicle (Jason Zech)
Since 1987's Full Metal Jacket, we've heard virtually nothing from Stanley Kubrick. The comparisons between Adrian Lyne's new Lolita and Kubrick's 1962 adaptation of the novel and a rumored release date for Kubrick's newest psychosexual thriller, ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Austin Chronicle (Jason Zech)
Reviews by John (John Haywood)
The first time I saw "Dr. Strangelove" was about five or six years ago. The cable channel TNT was doing a series of various celebrities' favorite movies, and "Dr. Strangelove" was Hugh Hefner's favorite movie. Since then, I have seen "Dr. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Reviews by John (John Haywood)
Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Sterling Hayden, as the demented General Jack D. Ripper, sends a squadron of bombers off to nuke the Soviet Union. The principle bomber pilot is the equally demented Slim Pickens. Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) desperately tries to stop the bombers. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
A spoof of political and military insanity, beginning when General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), a maniacal warrior obsessed with "the purity of precious bodily fluids," mounts his singular campaign against Communism by ordering a squadron of B-52 ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
DVD Verdict (David Ryan)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (henceforth Dr. Strangelove, for the sake of my poor fingers) is unquestionably the iconic film of the Cold War. It was the second in a string of five monumental films by acclaimed ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Verdict (David Ryan)
Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Even for a confirmed Kubrick-hater like myself, thereâs no resisting this delirious 1964 farce, whose kinetic energy is no doubt due as much to boho humorist Terry Southernâs screenplay contributions as to the notoriously controlling Kubrick. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Movieprop.com: Review and Plot Summary
The movie begins during the height of the Cold War. One crazed American base commander General Ripper, decides that communism has to be stopped at all costs and orders nuclear bombers into the air. In Washington, DC in the war room, the President and his ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Movieprop.com: Review and Plot Summary
The DVD Report (Britt Gillette)
One of the most interesting films of all time, Dr. Strangelove is a farcical look at the insane underpinnings of some of the Cold War theories regarding Mutual Assured Destruction. With the Soviet Union and the United States threatening to utilize the ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The DVD Report (Britt Gillette)
Britmovie
Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Stranglove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a classic black comedy satirising the insanity of nuclear war. Based on Peter George's novel Red Alert it was released at the height of the Cold War, brilliantly ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Britmovie
Jerry Saravia
As cynical satires go, there is nothing as audacious, thought-provoking and scary as "Dr. Strangelove," Stanley Kubrick's superb film on what if the United States and Russia were involved in an accidental nuclear attack, and what if it was the fault ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Jerry Saravia
DVD Net (Paul Dossett)
It's hard to know how to write about a Kubrick film. Every one I have seen so far can be discussed on so many levels, and conversations so easily ramble on to other films and the social framework of their era that doing any more than describing the plot ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Net (Paul Dossett)
Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
"Dr. Strangelove" is a classic which contains several of the most memorable sequences and characters ever recorded on film. It explores the absurdity of nuclear weapons and satirizes the strategy of "Mutual Assured Destruction." (A strategy which, ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
Doug Pratt's DVD Review
Stanley Kubrickâs 1963 black comedy about nuclear warfare has a variable aspect ratio that shifts, sometimes from shot to shot, between being presented in full screen format and being presented with a mild letterboxing band. There is no 16:9 ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Doug Pratt's DVD Review
Film Frat
Here's an oxymoron for you: "nuclear war comedy." That's one way to describe Dr. Strangelove, one of the late Stanley Kubrick's early hits. How could anyone successfully construct a comedy dealing with such a frightening topic? Somehow, Kubrick did ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Film Frat
John Beachem
President Muffley has a problem. One of his generals, Jack D. Ripper, has gone insane and ordered bombers to nuke the Soviet Union. The biggest problem with this, is that the Soviets have constructed a weapon which shall destroy the world if they should ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at John Beachem
Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page
The commander of Burpelson air base, Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) issues the order for the planes under his command to attack Russia, and he seals off the base. Also at the base is Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers), a ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page
CinemaZone.dk
2001 var på flere måder været et Stanley Kubrick-år. Ikke blot fordi tiden indhentede hans kompromisløse mesterværk>Rumrejsen år 2001, men også fordi der to år efter hans død blev gjort en stor indsats for at minde os om, at mesteren var en af ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Ram It Reviews
...or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb. Stanley Kubrick is seldom sufficiently credited with a wicked sense of humour but he seems to relish it vicariously here through Peter Sellers flawless performance ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Ram It Reviews
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Yet some of the laughs come too easy and linger too long; for the film's message to have maximum impact, the laughter has to stick in your throat. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
It's as startling today as it was then. Catch it now before it becomes too relevant to be funny again. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
The cause of nuclear war could be bodily fluids, unless someone or something can prevent the almost impossible. In a strange turn of events, General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) has snapped and sent a bomber unit to Russia, where they are ordered to ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
DVD Authority.com (Christopher Bligh)
There are many places the song Try A Little Tenderness can be heard. It can be on a random oldies station at a remote time of night. It can also be heard sung very soulfully and passionately by the group immortalized by a film known as The Commitments. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD Authority.com (Christopher Bligh)
Chad Polenz
"Dr. Strangelove" probably holds the record for the longest and strangest title in movie history, and in a way it's symbolic of the contents. This is a story of the end of the world, but a funny and thematic one at that.
The plot is a bit difficult ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Chad Polenz
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Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...still shocking in its giggly nihilism. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
The New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
The ultimate touch of ghoulish humor is when we see the bomb actually going off, dropped on some point in Russia, and a jazzy sound track comes in with a cheerful melodic rendition of "We'll Meet Again Some Sunny Day." Somehow, to me, it isn't funny. It ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at The New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
I'd say this is one of the funniest comedies of all time. It's uproariously funny, yet the basic theme (nuclear apocalypse) is deadly serious. Actor-Comedian Peter Sellers plays three different roles to perfection. He plays the President of the United ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
Movie Gnome
Hailed by many as the best black comedy of all time, and sometimes even the best movie of all time, Dr. Strangelove, remains just all right in my book. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at Movie Gnome
iAfrica.com (Andrew Burden)
Simply substitute Merkin Muffley for Bush, Dr Strangelove for Hans Blix and Group Captain Mandrake for Blair and you have whats probably going on in the UN Security Council. ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at iAfrica.com (Andrew Burden)
DVD MovieGuide
With the new release of Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, I tried for the umpteenth time to actually like Stanley Kubrickâs famed black comedy. It didnât work. To be sure, I definitely don't think that ...read the complete Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb movie review at DVD MovieGuide
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