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Love Story (1970)

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Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 12  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

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. Despite opposition to their relationship from Oliver's wealthy father, the two get married.... 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. Despite opposition to their relationship from Oliver's wealthy father, the two get married. After graduation, Oliver takes a job at a prestigious legal firm in New York, and everything seems to be going well for the couple. However, tragedy strikes when Jenny is diagnosed with a fatal illness. As a result, Oliver must face a future without the woman he loves. This timeless film, based on Erich Segal's novel, featured the famous tag line "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Ryan O'Neal as a law student who defies his rich and powerful father (Ray Milland) on every issue, including the former's love for a music student (Ali MacGraw). [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley, Russell Nype

Director: Arthur Hiller
Producer: Howard G. Minsky
Screenwriter: Erich Segal
Composer: Francis Lai

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 24, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Arthur Hiller - Director
  • Documentary - 1. LOVE STORY: A CLASSIC REMEMBERED
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical
  • Documentary - A CLASSIC REMEMBERED

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access

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2/4

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.

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12/19/07
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Ryan O'Neal gives the character of the neon scion a warmth and vulnerability entirely missing from the bestseller.

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12/19/07
TIME Magazine
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Love Story is an excellent film.

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12/19/07
Variety Staff
Variety
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3/5

Cornball classic weeper is at least true to its book basis.

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09/10/06
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
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Dated before it was made.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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3/5

No review available.

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10/10/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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2/5

No review available.

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07/22/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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2/5

No review available.

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07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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3.5/5

The only really depressing thing about Love Story is the thought of all of the terrible imitations that will inevitably follow it.

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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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4/4

Hiller earns our emotional response because of the way he's directed the movie.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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3/5

No review available.

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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com
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68/100

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.

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03/16/04
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide
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2/5

As soapy as it ever was.

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11/20/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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2/5

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10/31/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Love Story ultimately drowns in syrup.

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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film
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3/5

Treacle, sickening sweet, but still a guilty pleasure for those with romance in their bones.

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03/27/03
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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4/5

No review available.

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01/30/03
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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2/5

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09/13/02
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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3/5

No review available.

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08/28/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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3.5/5

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.

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03/03/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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