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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Image
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96 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 207 Ratings

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  • Starring: George C. Scott, Peter Sellers
  • Summary: Through a series of military and political accidents, a psychotic general - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) - triggers an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The U.S. President (Sellers) and Dr. Strangelove (Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future, work with the Soviet premier in a desperate effort to save the world.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    100
    Is ''Dr. Strangelove" Kubrick's best movie? Along with ''Paths of Glory," absolutely.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 76
  3. Negative: 3 out of 76
  1. cabrita
    10
    A film that is a true masterpiece. It has it all; comedy,suspense and a well told story. The film truly shows how silly people in goverment can be. Not trying to say this is what actually happened during the cold war although I do have a suspicion. Overall an unbelievable film which could never be created today because of people's longing of a happy ending.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ArnR
    5
    What an over rated movie! I give it a 5 only because I love most of Kubrick's work. If you want the real deal, without the comedy, catch Sydney Lumet's Fail Safe.… Expand
    • 2 of 8 users said yes
  3. JJMoore
    2
    This was the most disturbing movie, I have ever seen. The ending was quickly done, while some comedic elements existed, nothing to keep the movie going.… Expand
    • 0 of 7 users said yes

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