Dr. Strangelove 1964

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Like most of his work, Stanley Kubrick's deadly black satirical comedy-thriller on cold war madness and its possible effects (1964) has aged well. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Is Dr. Strangelove Kubrick's best movie? Along with Paths of Glory, absolutely. Read more

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: The most shattering sick joke I've ever come across. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The film is always saying something, and a viewer would have to be deaf and blind not to recognize the targets of the sarcasm. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Dr. Strangelove (1964) is filled with great comic performances. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Perhaps Kubrick's most perfectly realised film, simply because his cynical vision of the progress of technology and human stupidity is wedded with comedy. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: By a whopping margin, this is Kubrick's most radical film and greatest dramatic gamble. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Stanley Kubrick's first genuinely original movie has been seen, reseen, dissected, and iconized, but a few sly truths about it have yet to be fully grokked. Read more