Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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Critics' Reviews

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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Is ''Dr. Strangelove" Kubrick's best movie? Along with ''Paths of Glory," absolutely.Read Full Review »
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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 happy-ending technicians would probably find a way around.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
A masterpiece... 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.Read Full Review »
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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 Full Review »
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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 is malefic and sick.Read Full Review »
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