How dare we laugh at that!

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 1999)

To truly appreciate the genius of this film, one had to live during the dark times of the cold war when nuclear war hung over our lives like a vulture. I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and the fear it produced everywhere. But, here, Stanley Kubrick takes a simple book, giving it genius treatment with genius actors like Peter Sellers, who perform in such a tongue in cheek fashion, that you wonder, "Should I be laughing at this?" I was quite scrutinized due to my repeated laughter during the film. And the end... well, that brought down the house on me. My audience sat there stunned, in disbelief, while I applauded the message which very few ever deduced. The absurdity of all was overwhelming.