Love Story

Roger Ebert

Does the movie become unworthy, as Newsweek thought it did, simply because it has been mechanically contrived to tell us a beautiful, tragic tale.I dont think so. ( Read More )

William Thomas

Erich Segals bestseller given the Big Time Treatment was a smash hit, very much of its time, and responsible for the grisly tenet Love means never having to say youre sorry.He is Ryan ONeal, she is Ali MacGraw, Rich Boy meets Poor Girl at Harvard, they marry, he is disinherited and they live on love and tuna fish sandwiches while she puts him through law school. ( Read More )

Common Sense Media Editors

Jennifers illness and death is designed to evoke strong emotions, but viewers who cant get past her abrasive personality may have trouble summoning sympathy. ( Read More )

By the time ONeal gets around to intoning the famous tag line, youll be so sick of hearing Francis Lais love theme that youll want to strangle the projectionist. ( Read More )

Ryan ONeal gives the character of the neon scion a warmth and vulnerability entirely missing from the bestseller. ( Read More )