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Summary: I love this movie
Review: Okay, I'm not good with all this mushy romance stuff, but I found myself drawn to Ali McGraw's witty character, Jenny.
It's truly a wonderful movie, but now, after many films are based on the same thing (girl with terminal disease, lover devastated), it's gotten a bit old. I still refer to this movie as "the first - and best - of many." I didn't exactly like Ryan O'Neal's character, Oliver, because he was just too deep to me. Sorry, true love makes me sick. Other than that, this movie is the only drama-total romance one I can stand. Definitely a must-see.
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Summary: Boo-Hoo-Hoo, BLECH
Review: I bought this for my mother, who likes weepy, maudlin stuff like this. Feh! This type of film make's my skin itch, it is a classic weepy film, chock full of cliches. This is the Holy Grail of weepy melodramas. Enjoy.
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Summary: Hmmmm......
Review: Yeah, this movie was kinda silly - predictable, corny, overwrought, and most of all, shamelessly manipulative. It had an extremely generic sounding title (kinda like naming a movie, "Action Adventure"), a repetitive and overly melodramatic musical score, amateurish storyline, stilted dialogue, and uninspired acting (except Ali Mcgraw - she CAN act). And what the heck did they mean by "Love means never having to say you're sorry!"? Now that really didn't make a lotta sense! God, the whole thing practically bordered on camp! But you know what, if you just go in to see it without any great expectations, but knowing full well what you're getting into, somehow it works! That's the genius of this movie - not great film making, just surprisingly entertaining fluff! Yeah, I hate to admit, I did enjoy it, even though I wasn't born when it was first released, and viewed the movie as a relic of an older generation. Ali Mcgraw was 32 at the time when the movie was made, playing the character of a girl between 20-25. Granted she was beautiful, but c'mon who were they fooling?? Still it's kind of hard to imagine any other actress who could play the Jennifer Cavaleri role better. Ms. Mcgraw with her cute smile, sweet voice, beautiful long hair, and dewey eyes helps make you overlook the obvious, well almost.... It was also kind of interesting to see a cameo appearance by a very young Tommy Lee Jones (with hair no less!). And it's interesting to know that the Oliver Barrett character was inspired by former Vice President Al Gore. I started thinking about this movie again when I saw the 2002 Oscars, and saw a very aged and bloated Ryan O'Neil and Ali Mcgraw (both in their 60's) coming on stage as presenters with the musical score from Love Story playing as they appeared. It was so surreal. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, kinda like my reaction to this movie....
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Summary: Come over here preppy.
Review: This is such a sentimental movie. I love how Jenny and Oli bond and go through their problems together. It is so well done and the music is breathtaking. I love it and I think the ending is so realistic and it made me cry, which is a hard thing to do. Do yourself a favor, and rent this movie!
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Summary: Great film with depth and relevance
Review: Love Story was the 1st film I ever saw. It was 1970, I was 6, and my parents took us to the drive in. That may be one reason I like it so much, but I've seen it many times since and it's one of the few films I don't ever get bored watching. The great soundtrack sets the atmosphere for the relation between Oliver and Jenny, 2 sophisticates at Harvard and Radcliffe who fall in love in the wintertime. The ending set in New York City strikes an especially relevant chord post-Sept. 11th, when so many faced similar, but even worse circumstances.
The general feel of the film is one of emotional intensity, and a slice of reality from 1970 in Manhattan and Massachusetts.
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Summary: An Enchanting Story To Be Passed From Mother to Daughter
Review: Love Story was an amazing movie. It made me experience an incredible range of emotions from happiness to sorrow. I couldn't help but laughing at the loving abuse that Jenny showed Oliver with her "preppy" remarks or cry at the sorrowful ending that you know is coming, but just don't want to accept. This is a movie that I think all generations of women will love, but men don't exclude this movie. My mother loved it, I loved it, and I'm sure I'll share it with my children and grandchildren someday. Seeing this movie is an experience you should have atleast once in your life.
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Summary: Freshman week movie at Harvard and Radcliffe
Review: This is schmaltzy and silly, but it is a real period piece. For years it has been a highlight of freshmen week at Harvard and Radcliffe. Students watch it, laught at it, and then incorporate (sometimes unintentional) jokes from it into freshman repartee.If you want to get a sense of a bestselling book and a major box office event of the early 1970s, see this movie ( or read the book). Suspend critical judgment and take it for what it is---a lightweight, idealized romance of postadolescence.
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Summary: Cliche-Filled Tripe
Review: I saw this film when it first came out and never could understand what all the crying was about. The acting was terrible and insincere, and the dialog was so bad that it wasn't even on the so-bad-it's-funny level. Sound quality & pic were cheap and cheesey. Watching these poorly edited scenes, it makes one wonder what Ryan O'Neal's character ever saw in the irritating character played by Ali McGraw. No kidding--the first time McGraw's character appears and opens her mouth, she is an annoying and obnoxious shrew. Carol Burnet's spoof was so much better! This was the movie that started the disease-of-the-week made-for-TV-movies. Yes, this is what sent the TV movies down the toilet. After "Love Story," everybody on TV was dying. The sequel to this is "Oliver's Story" which I never bothered to see but if you absolutely loved "Love Story..."
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Summary: i did not love this story
Review: I seriously must say that Love Story is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I rented it, anticipating an emotional, tear-jerking masterpiece; man, was I disappointed. The script consists of some of the CHEEZIEST lines- "being in love means never having to say your sorry" PLEASE- and the acting is laughable. These kids are supposed to be full of youthful energy and passion- they look about as passionate as a cess pool. Oh, and they could have picked a more varied musical selection- they played the same repetitvely boring theme over and over!
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Summary: A Beautiful Soundtrack for a Remarkable Film
Review: "Love Story" is a timeless classic that nearly anyone can appreciate, with its touching story and beautiful soundtrack this film is unforgettable. The first track we start off with is "Theme From Love Story," which is a mixture of several instrumental pieces and part of different film sequences in the film. The opening music plays like the words from the beginning of the film "What can you say about a 24 year old girl who died?" The second track "Snow Frolic" is quite an unusual piece that sounds very French in origin. A very simply chord structure holds the song together with the very basic bass keeping the beat going. I am not sure whom Francis Lai chose to sing this particular song but she does a marvelous job doing so. The next song is Mozarts "Sonata in F Major," which is the type of song that is very pleasant to listen to early in morning when waking up to the sunrise. The fourth song "I Love You, Phil" was a piece of music not featured for some reason in the motion picture. What is very interesting about this song is the guitar solo intertwined with the violins and orchestral accompanyment. Tracks 5 (The Christmas Trees) and track 7 (Bozo Barrett) both were not included in the film, yet are well worth listening to. Although I found the "Barrett" track too overwhelming to enjoy I felt the "Christmas Trees" was a track that contained a beautiful melody and evolved very sweetly. "Searching for Jenny" takes you back to the dramatic sequence in the film where Oliver searchs for Jenny. The 8th track "Skating in Central Park" is a very sweet tune that sounds like something out of the Nutcracker suite. The next track "The Long Walk Home," is a bit of a dragging song yet some listeners may enjoy it. Concerto No. 3 in D Major is a beautiful allegro by J.S. Bach, unfortuantely it is very short but extremely enjoyable to say the least. Finally, we come to the heart of the Love Story Soundtrack, the finest track on the entire album. The "Theme from Love Story Finale" is the definate track that makes this cd such an excellant buy for anyone who is a fan of deep and inspiring music. Sadly, this soundtrack will never recieve the air play it deserves on public radio. But hopefully its popularity will continue to grow in the following years. Enjoy all you Love Story fans!
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