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Fail Safe   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: none available Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B+ 255 ratings  User Reviews (14 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 14  |   Next   Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ FAIL-SAFE MORE REAL THAN STRANGELOVE by tvpanic22 (movies profile) (Jul 21, 2006) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful Sure, Kubrick's big name actors ham it up and get the laughs, but there's nothing funny about pushing the button down. Fail-Safe successfully stuns its viewing audiences... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Maybe #1 by jackelrv (movies profile) (Jun 21, 2005) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful The original Fail-Safe,is a top 10 movie of all time. The story, is very realistic, a nightmare that at that time, could happen. The acting is fantastic. The direction... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B+ Acting: B+ Direction: A- Visuals: B Forget Strangelove, then Enjoy FailSafe. by sakyle04 (movies profile) (Dec 8, 2006) 1 of 2 people found this review helpful This film was scheduled to be released before Dr Strangelove, but studio troubles led to a buyout and it was subsequently released after the biting satire, giving it the... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A frightening... by ttc1999 (movies profile) (Dec 6, 2007) I loved this film (1964's Fail Safe). It is a realistic -- as opposed to Strangelove's satirical -- approach to nuclear holocaust. The conundrum of tit-for-tat nuclear... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Beautiful Yet Terrifying by seattleatnight (movies profile) (Dec 2, 2007) Plot mirrors society's Cold War concern, which almost became history in the 60's. It's frightfully realistic, beautifully written, and displays delightful acting.   Overall Grade: A+ Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A Fail Safe by ncis_special_agent (movies profile) (May 4, 2006) Warren Black is a Brigadier General in the US Air Force who is troubled by a nightmare about a matador. Walter Groeteschele is a professor with some audacious theories ab... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: B Acting: B+ Direction: B+ Visuals: A- Excellent film by JeromeG111 (movies profile) (Jan 8, 2006) Although the premise for this movie is fantasy, the overall outlook on superpower relations at the height of the Cold War is deadly accurate. Though I doubt the USSR woul... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: A Visuals: A- The serious Dr. Strangelove by cpt_dad (movies profile) (May 3, 2005) This movie really had us worried in the 1960's. Could something like this really happen? It was the topic of many discussions. Henry Ford gives an outstanding performa... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: A Acting: A- Direction: B Visuals: B- Good, but go see Dr. Strangelove by beppo333 (movies profile) (Nov 18, 2004) It's a good thriller and political think piece, but personally I think Strangelove has more realistic characters than the overly idealistic characters in this movie, alth... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Movie #? That I was forced to watch in History by sidvicious_8699 (movies profile) (Aug 4, 2004) I saw this movie for the unit about Communism in my American History class. It isn't my favourite movie, but I thought that considering that it was in black and white and... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 14  |   Next