helplessly funny

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2004)

This Kubrick goodie pokes fun at just about everything from war counsels to bomber planes, and includes a famed triple performance from Peter Sellers - he was to have been 'King' Kong, the Slim Pickens role as well, but this idea was eventually ditched.
Aside from Sellers (for my money not at his best as Dr Strangelove himself, but as the President with the soothing voice 'now, listen, Dimitri ...'), there are some interesting names in the cast - George C Scott as the gung-ho general, Sterling Hayden as the mad brigadier Jack D. Ripper (ho ho), Keenan Wynn as the suspicious colonel, and the wonderful Peter Bull as the Russian ambassador.
If you come to this film knowing little about it, you'll have a good time. And for once, even if you've seen the hilarious trailer, you'll be none the wiser. Great use for Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again', too.