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Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

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Average Rating: 9.1/10
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Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 0

Stanley Kubrick's brilliant Cold War satire remains as funny and razor-sharp today as it was in 1964.

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Average Rating: 8.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0

Stanley Kubrick's brilliant Cold War satire remains as funny and razor-sharp today as it was in 1964.

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In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by director Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern) and a host of superb comic performances (including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the

Nov 2, 2004

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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.

May 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Perhaps Kubrick's most perfectly realised film, simply because his cynical vision of the progress of technology and human stupidity is wedded with comedy.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time.

November 26, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comments (2)
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Stanley Kubrick's blackest of black comedies.

November 18, 2004
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Is Dr. Strangelove Kubrick's best movie? Along with Paths of Glory, absolutely.

November 5, 2004 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comments (5)
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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.

October 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment (1)
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One of the best, and funniest, screenplays ever written...

September 8, 2013 Full Review Source: Trespass
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[VIDEO ESSAY] "Dr. Strangelove" pokes fun at the idea of "mutually assured annihilation" and the dubious concept of "nuclear deterrents."

July 14, 2012 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
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Dr Strangelove is one of Stanley Kubrick's many masterpieces, one of the greatest films about the Cold War and one of the greatest comedies ever made.

November 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy | Comments (3)
Cinema Autopsy

Black comedy Kubrick classic for smart teens+.

December 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comments (4)
Common Sense Media

It's easily one of the director's best films of his somewhat controversial career.

June 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com
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... like a morbidly sick Looney Tunes short with its cartoon heroes struggling impotently to keep hold of a hot potato.

June 16, 2009 Full Review Source: DVD Review
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Dr. Strangelove's status as the movie that confirmed both Stanley Kubrick's reputation and the arrival of beat-sick irreverence can no longer be retracted.

June 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Kubrick nos presenteia com uma pérola de humor negro que critica acidamente as guerras e a mediocridade dos homens por trás destas.

February 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena
Cinema em Cena

The funniest film ever made about nuclear holocaust...

October 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Seanax.com
Seanax.com

[A] supremely ironic comedy on the possibility of nuclear annihilation.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

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.

May 4, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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It's as startling today as it was then. Catch it now before it becomes too relevant to be funny again.

October 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment (1)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

'Purity of essence'.... Superbly crafted satire that's neocon fresh to this day.

April 15, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com
DVDJournal.com

Sound funny? It is.

October 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies
Zertinet Movies

Endures as one of the finest political satires.

September 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star

It still features Peter Sellers' finest three performances as well as proving that the supposedly humourless Kubrick was up for a laugh.

March 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
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Audience Reviews for Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I never would have thought that such a simple story and such simple situations could turn into such a loveable film. As the military plans nuclear war it's almost as if the cameras have been placed around the board of directors as the plan attacks. The conversations are so well plotted out that it seemed as though I was watching a documentary in moments. I haven't seen that many war films, and although this is less of a man-to-man combat sort of war film and more of a dialogue driven plan execution with extremely intense character motifs throughout, I think that's why I enjoyed it so much. It's a basic film with a lot of effort and I strongly comment Kubrick for that! "Dr. Strangelove" is a great class film!
October 1, 2010
KJ Proulx

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Dr. Strangelove is a brilliant satire that pokes fun at the bomb scare and is still amusing by today's standards.
March 5, 2013
Daniel Lermenator

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    1. President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen! you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
    – Submitted by Dutch E (6 months ago)
    1. Dr. Strangelove: Mein Fuhrer, I can walk.
    – Submitted by M'hamed D (8 months ago)
    1. President Merkin Muffley: General Turgidson. it is the avowed policy of our nation never to strike first with nuclear weapons!
    2. Gen. Buck Turgidson: Well sir, I would say that General Ripper has already invalidated THAT policy!
    – Submitted by John B (9 months ago)
    1. Dr. Strangelove: The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost... if you [President Muffley] keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?!
    – Submitted by Jacob H (12 months ago)
    1. Lt. Lothar Zogg: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books.
    – Submitted by Nik M (13 months ago)
    1. President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is a war room!
    – Submitted by Venkatesh S (18 months ago)
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