Both one of the most whimsical and dark comedy films ever made.

Rating: Null/10 (9 April 2006)

Dr Strangelove is that rare comedy film which will make the viewer laugh at and identify with the characters as much as he or she would when watching a favoured television comedy.The subject matter is the absurdity of the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine of the Cold War. In the film, the USSR and the United States are not enemies in the true sense of the word but merely headed by a bunch of paranoid, conniving fools who are despairing at the situation which their intriguing has placed them in. The details of the plot are not truly important, instead it is the overall message, the beautifully dry dialogue, the classic characters and the excellent gags ("You can't fight in here, gentlemen, this is the war room!") which make this one of the funniest films ever made. These factors combined with impeccable performances, including the late, great Peter Sellers in no less than three roles, and the undercurrent of horror at the focus on real-life fears result in a movie which fully deserves to be the highest rated comedy on IMDb.