Kubrick's BEST film...A SUPERB WINNER!!!! SCORE: 10+ (out of 10).

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2001)

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is a war room!!," explains President Muffley, in one of the best nightmarish comedies ever produced on film.
Strengths: direction, acting, screenplay.
Weaknesses: special effects (minor weakness).
******WARNING: MINOR SPOILERS******
Here is a movie that many people will rant over for generations to come. It is my favorite Stanley Kubrick film. There is terrific acting from Scott, Hayden, and, of course, Peter Sellers. Why Sellers never received an Oscar for his performance is beyond me. For example, President Muffley's phone conversation with the Soviet premiere, is one for the record books - one of the funniest lines of dialogue that I've ever seen in cinematic history. Also, there is great support from a young James Earl Jones, Slim Pickens, and Keenan Wynn's hilarious Colonel "Bat" ("I think you're some kind of deviated prevert. I think General Ripper found out about your preversion, and that you were organizing a mutiny of preverts!!") Guano. Finally, the screenplay and director should have received Oscars, too.
Originally, Kubrick wanted the film to end in a pie fight. I'm glad that he changed his mind. The ending, where Strangelove tries to control his mechanical arm, doesn't quite work. The special effects that showed a toy replica of a B52 flying over Russia isn't convincing either. However, these were minor errors and did not affect my rating for this film masterpiece. SCORE: 10+ (out of 10).