Wonderful Black "Comedy"

Rating: 10/10 (28 October 1999)

Dr. Strangelove is a classic war comedy. However, it really isn't that funny. Though Peter Sellers gives a versatile performance as the President, Dr. Strangelove himself, and a bunch of other people with hilarious deliviring, as always, this film does not have any moments that will really make you laugh out loud. However, it is a very good war movie, which makes you think with its grim satire. This could have been made into a somewhat unoriginal war protest movie drama, but Kubrick and friends have put a spin on it--making it seem so unbelievably absurd, that it takes a global-thermonuclear holocaust and makes it seem light, which takes on an absurdity of it's own. And the final scene, where there is classical music amongst the destruction, is a last touch of political message. See it for yourself, but don't go into it as a comedy--you might be a little dissapointed.
****1/2 out of 5.