Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

hughman55 There, I said it. I'm sorry - and I HAVE to say it because I do not love this film, and I mean it. I saw Love Story when it first came out in 1970. I was 14 and I thought it was crap then. Foolishly I attempted a rewatch wondering if my youthful impressions were too harsh. They weren't. In fact, they weren't harsh enough. Thanks to IMDb I can now see that this film was singularly responsible for the four worst Academy Award nominations ever. They make the nominations of Mikail Baryshnikov and Leslie Brown for The Turning Point look serious. At least those two could dance. I would seriously like to know how someone with the talent deficit of Ali McGraw gets into any film, let alone one from a major Hollywood studio, and gets to star in it, is terrible, and then gets nominated for an Academy Award. Which usually means something. Doesn't it?

filtteriii I once asked my grandmother what movies she liked when she was a teenager. She replied Love Story with Ryan O'Neal. She had seen it with my grandpa. If I remember correctly my mother was not yet born, but shortly after this movie she was conceived. This is my first review on IMDb and English isn't my first grammar so bear with me. For me watching this movie was interesting, because I often kept thinking back on what my grandparents must have thought of the scenes where for example MacGraw was being sarcastic or tough with O'Neal's character. In my opinion the movie wasn't perfect and I didn't find the story as heartwrenching as my grandma did. I think that in the '70s this movie must have hit the core with its wit, story and the characters. I thought that the acting was very mixed. The story also bothered me, not because I have more modern views of love or relationships, but because it was at times stupid or really counting on your emotions. Maybe taking the viewer for granted? The most interesting thing about the movie for me was the time period and the history it has for moviegoers. Love Story (1970) was watchable movie, but had I not known about my grandmas opinions or history with this movie I think I would have graded it much lower than 3/10. I thought that the movie was beautifully shot and had some good scenes, but overall I did not like it. I don't regret giving it a try and see it for yourself. Maybe you will find it amusing!

Solnichka McPherson The film is kind of dated at this point, and everyone knows the plot whether they have seen it or not. However, watching it today is still an emotional experience. All relationships are different, and the quirky communication between the two main characters is often strange (albeit irrelevant, since you do see the love between them well enough). The side plot with the Barrett family adds to the character buy-in on Ryan O'Neal's performance, even if it's clear he can't act a lick. How did he get nominated for an Oscar here? McGraw isn't much better, in truth, but whatevs. The story is as timeless as "Romeo & Juliet", in essence: love torn apart way too soon. If you're not crying at the end, you're not human. As noted, the film could use more development to show the true love between the characters, especially in the beginning of the courtship. It is funny to see "Jack Woltz" in a different role here, and he's pretty good surprisingly. Overall, it's certainly worth seeing once just to say you've seen it, but after that, it can go back on the DVD shelf forever.

Prismark10 This was a popular novel back in the day and the film was a blockbuster that propelled Ryan O Neal and Ali McGraw to stardom.It is a simple tale of two people who meet, fall in love, get married and then one of them becomes ill.Oliver is a rich kid who comes from a family of wealth and privilege. He has a distant relationship with his parents and its clear that his father played by the great Ray Milland disapproves of his girlfriend.Jennifer is working class, plain talking and with a sharp wit. Oliver gets a job as a lawyer once he decides to distant himself from his family.The film is actually rather hokey. Audiences rather lapped this film up but you have a film that does not state what illness Jennifer has, even the doctors do not tell her but tell her husband what is wrong with her.Its an interesting film of its time, nice music, a few stars making their early screen appearances but nothing much more except a famous line that has now part of everyday language: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."