An Under-appreciated Classic -- not for everyone.

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2010)

George S. Kaufman said, "'Satire' is what closes on Saturday night," and the vicious one-star reviews of this film seem to prove he's still right. Viewers who hated this wonderful movie probably thought Dr Strangelove was just a comedy that wasn't too funny and Catch 22 was an overlong bore. This film turns the Make Love Not War pablum bowl upside down and dumps it all over war itself. It matches new age drivel with teapot machismo and anyone who finds both extremes tiresome and dangerous can only laugh with recognition and delight. George Clooney delivers the best straight-faced comic acting since Cary Grant at his absolute peak (say, North by Northwest). Watch this movie with all this in mind and remember: don't trust comedy reviews by critics who don't get the joke.