Better than I expected, but not "Great"

Rating: Null/10 (22 September 2003)

DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
**1/2 (of ****)
(possible spoilers)
I'm not big on "political" movies by any stretch, and I didn't expect to like this film at all. Yet I actually got a few chuckles out of it and was kept moderately entertained. I'm a big fan of George C. Scott and I don't believe I've ever seen him like this before or since... he was a riot as the over-the-top general who is constantly suspicious of the "Russkies".
Peter Sellers was a delight as the President, and some of the best moments of the film revolve around him on the telephone and his interactions with Scott. I wasn't much impressed with the other two roles played by Sellers, however, and Dr. Strangelove in particular was silly and annoying.
Not a drop-dead-laugh-a-minute film, and certainly Overrated and in no way "great," but I did get more out of it than I thought I would.