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

1964 "The hot-line suspense comedy."
8.4| 1h35m| PG| en
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After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

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WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
renatozafita Stupid, living in the past people overestimated this boring, nonsense, not funny at all movie. People see 'cult' directors names and already like the movie.
takbal-1 This brilliant movie is a blazing accusation against the entire male gender. Yes, my fellow gentlemen, through rational looking, but deeply down, sexually motivated power play, we placed the knife to the entire world's throat. Nothing nails this better than the iconic ride of a proud 30-megaton tail. The film's humour may redeem our stupidity for some, but the potential death of billions is not an easy fun matter for me. This film makes me feel ashamed to be a man whenever I watch it.
dutchfartpolice Though i doubt it deserves the place it has in the lists of best movies of all time, it is a very smart movie with a lot of debt and subtle comments on the world we live in and the absurd global situation we still find ourselves in.The idiocy of propaganda, the power of millitary, the social status of corperations, the danger of mindless patriotism, it all gets ridiculed in a dark but funny way.It is for sure the best social critique i have ever seen.Sadly a lot of people who comment here are not able to pick up on it nowdays anymore. What used to be absurd sarcasm and caricature has now become the reality we live in.I wonder if kubric intended it to be a window into our future.
jlaird-00396 Originally this film was supposed to be marketed to college Audiences. I think that was a complete mistake by people who do not understand the film. First, General Rippers paranoia stems from his conviction that floridation of the US water supply is a communist plot to destroy his ability to have sexual intercourse with a woman. The proof is in the pudding, because he tells his exec RAF Group Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) that he tried and failed. The rest of the movie steamrolls from here. Suffice to say it is fantastic. It is so realistic that when the movie debuted in theaters the USAF showed a disclaimer on the screen to terrified audiences assuring them that nothing like this could ever happen. Just see the film.