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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA 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.
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe film is a model of barely controlled hysteria in which the absurdity of hypermasculine Cold War posturing becomes devastatingly funny--and at the same time nightmarishly frightening in its accuracy.
- 100Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMore lethal than a nuclear waste dump, Kubrick's komedy at least kills us with laughter... It's one of the greatest - and undoubtably the most hilarious - antiwar statements ever put to film.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSeen 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.
- 100Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufKubrick's comic gem sparkles with enduring relevance.
- 100Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe 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.
- 100Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrIs Dr. Strangelove Kubrick's best movie? Along with ''Paths of Glory," absolutely.
- 90VarietyVarietyGeorge C. Scott as the fiery Pentagon general who seizes on the crisis as a means to argue for total annihilation of Russia offers a top performance, one of the best in the film. Odd as it may seem in this backdrop, he displays a fine comedy touch.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumYet some of the laughs come too easy and linger too long; for the film's message to have maximum impact, the laughter has to stick in your throat.
- 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.