Complex sentence: Its failure rested with the similarity between it and the mutually assured destruction satire "Dr. Strangelove", which appeared in theaters first.Still, the film later was applauded as a Cold War thriller.
Split into simpler sentences: Its failure rested with the similarity between it and the mutually assured destruction satire "Dr. Strangelove", which appeared in theaters first. Despite this, the film later was applauded as a Cold War thriller.