Top quality - fantastic satire of the cold war with a great comedy performance from Peter Sellers

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2006)

I'll reveal my bias; I have always loved this film and I think I may even have loved it before I watched it because it is such a hugely irreverent and successful satire of what was and still is a very serious business. The film/book it is parodying, Fail Safe, is a good film in it's own right but has not stood the test of time in the way Dr. Strangelove has, despite its strong cast and script. I think this is because Dr. S delivers most of what Fail Safe delivers but adds to it with comedy and very well-observed satire - this film still provides food for thought about the sanity of high states of strategic nuclear readiness.
The script is very strong and is delivered, in the main, by two talented actors on top of their game, George C. Scott and Peter Sellers (who plays 3 characters excellently). I always find myself laughing throughout this film at the dialogue and the situation and this owes a lot to the genius of these two men and their on-screen delivery.
If you're at all interested in this film then I implore you to make it the next thing you watch!