Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Review

            If there is ever another movie that has a cowboy-hat wearing army pilot riding a nuclear bomb as it is being dropped, please let me know. And speaking of a cowboy-hat wearing army pilot riding a nuclear bomb as it is being dropped, let us talk about Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Dr. Strangelove is a Cold War political satire, directed by Stanly Kubrick and released in 1964.

            The film follows the aftermath of a decision to bomb the Soviet Union, given by insane conspiracy driven Army Air Force general. The film follows three different stories, the army general defending his base from the US Army, the president and leaders in the War Room trying to stop the plane, and the soldiers aboard the plane heading to bomb Russia.

Throughout the film many characters are introduced and all of them are great. All of the characters are portrayed well by their respective actors, and a special mention to Peter Sellers who portrayed the title character, the President and the Group Captain Lionel. Sterling Hayden does an excellent job playing the insane general. The humor is top notch with several quotable lines “There’s no fighting in the War Room”, and some scenes being a long joke such as the soldiers in an airplane listing off the content of a survival pack.

In the end the review this film is a great classic. If you love the Cold War, love satire, or just want a funny movie I recommend Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.