Brilliant - simultaneously funny and deadly serious.

Rating: 10/10 (12 March 2014)

Brilliant cold-war comedy-drama by Stanley Kubrick. Captures very accurately the angst and paranoia of the Cold War, especially from the view of the US military. And then proceeds to parody it...
Hilariously funny, but peel away the humour and I imagine this movie would have hit a nerve in the 1960s. The threat of nuclear war and the entire planet being destroyed was very real then. Kubrick exposes just how easy the path to our own destruction could have been.
Peter Sellers outdoes even himself by starring in three roles, each of whom is quite different. All use his comedic skills to the maximum but there is a large element of drama in the roles, esp Group Captain Mandrake. Sellers shows he is not just a great comedic actor, but a good dramatic actor too. (See Being There if you need any more proof).
Good support from George C Scott, Sterling Hayden and Slim Pickens.
The Cold War may be over, but this movie has lost none of its effectiveness. A must-see and an all-time classic.