Guilty pleasure par excellence: How did this poorly-acted schmaltzy romantic melodrama ever get Best Picture Oscar nomination?
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09/23/08
Love Story (1970)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:12
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: One of the most popular tearjerkers ever, LOVE STORY tells the tale of a rich law student, Oliver (Ryan O'Neal), and a poor musician, Jenny (Ali McGraw), who fall in love while attending college.... [More]
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley
Director: Arthur Hiller
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Reviews for Love Story
By the time O'Neal gets around to intoning the famous tag line, you'll be so sick of hearing Francis Lai's love theme that you'll want to strangle the projectionist.
12/19/07
Top CriticRyan O'Neal gives the character of the neon scion a warmth and vulnerability entirely missing from the bestseller.
12/19/07
Top CriticLove Story is an excellent film.
12/19/07
Top CriticCornball classic weeper is at least true to its book basis.
09/10/06
Dated before it was made.
02/09/06
No review available.
10/10/05
No review available.
07/22/05
The only really depressing thing about Love Story is the thought of all of the terrible imitations that will inevitably follow it.
05/09/05
Top CriticHiller earns our emotional response because of the way he's directed the movie.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Although the relationship between Oliver and Jennifer remains one of the best ever produced, [it] lacks excitement and tension that are primary ingredients for any movie.
03/16/04
As soapy as it ever was.
11/20/03
No review available.
10/31/03
Love Story ultimately drowns in syrup.
05/24/03
Top CriticTreacle, sickening sweet, but still a guilty pleasure for those with romance in their bones.
03/27/03
No review available.
01/30/03
No review available.
09/13/02
No review available.
08/28/02
Sure, it's a shamelessly manipulative film. But it works, because it creates believable, likeable people, and you cry when terrible things happen to people you like.
03/03/02
Latest News for Love Story
August 18, 2008:
Howard Minsky: 1914-2008 
Howard Minsky, the former talent agent who went on to produce Love Story, has passed away at the age of 94. More...
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