Review of Love and Death (1975) by Courtney R — 22 Aug 2007

My favorite movie of all time. It is amazing, and amust-see for anyone into intellectual comedy.

This review of Love and Death (1975) was written by Courtney R on 22 Aug 2007.

Love and Death has generally received very positive reviews.

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Let's start here: I have only a passing familiarity with the great Russian novelists, and I've never read War and Peace…

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Never more than weakly amusing, this did bring an occasional inward smirk once or twice despite some terrible, tiresome scenes…

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