After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 14 wins & 11 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Stanley Kubrick's blackest of black comedies.
– Glenn Abel,
Hollywood Reporter,
18 Nov 2004
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This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Nov 2004
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Perhaps Kubrick's most perfectly realised film, simply because his cynical vision of the progress of technology and human stupidity is wedded with comedy.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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Like most of his work, Stanley Kubrick's deadly black satirical comedy-thriller on cold war madness and its possible effects (1964) has aged well.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
8 May 2007
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By a whopping margin, this is Kubrick's most radical film and greatest dramatic gamble.