Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

huggibear I had not seen this before. I don't usually watch older movies, but if it's got romance, I'm in! Mind you, I was only 3 years old when this movie came out. But I decided to record it on my DVR and watched it last night (12 Jun 2017). The leading role, Ryan O'Neal plays in one of my favorite movies called 'Chances Are', so I'm a bit familiar with him. I've never seen the leading lady in anything else. This movie is great because of the relationship dynamic and the conversations they had. It was almost like they were mean to each other, but could handle it in a playfully weird kind of way. They didn't seem to take each other all that seriously. That's a good kind of relationship. Yes, it does have the emotional part, where you just might shed a tear or more. But it's well worth watching once. Who doesn't love the song that plays all throughout the movie either? I'm a dreamer and I like to use my imagination, so this song is perfect for this movie. Enjoy it, I did.

bkoganbing At an time when people were tuning in, turning on, and dropping out and experimenting with all kinds free love and sex inspired by Woodstock, Love Story which never should have gotten an audience in that generation became the romantic film of the 70s. It still moves people in many ways. Since Erich Segal was a few years ahead of me in graduating from Midwood High School in Brooklyn you can imagine how incredibly popular the story was where I hail from. Maybe people could not identify with rich preppy kid Oliver Barrett IV but there were certainly a lot of folks who identified with scholarship kid from Providence.Who meet at Harvard and I guess opposites do attract because it really is love at first sight for Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. Both created in Love Story the iconic parts they were identified with. Both spent their lives trying to be in something half as good.Love Story brought home one Oscar for musical scoring. The song Where Do I Begin one of the great romantic ballads of the latter half of the 20th century didn't rate a nomination. But the picture itself, Ryan O'Neal, Ali McGraw, and John Marley who played McGraw's working class father all got Oscar nods. Everyone likes a Cinderella story and this is one with a twist, the poor girl who lands a rich husband and didn't trap him to do it. O'Neal and McGraw are still iconic characters. Can you see a remake today with Ryan Gosling and Jessica Biel in the leads? I sure can, I'm surprised no one has done it.Until they do, this is as good as romance gets.

Emil Bakkum The film Love story has become legendary as a romance. And it is, in a way. It describes those early moments when two young people stimulate each other, and enjoy each others company. Experts call this phase the attraction, or more romantic: the love tent. However, on a closer examination the harmony is really quite superficial. In fact there are even many unpleasant clashes. So Love story could qualify as a satire, and a criticism of the traditional family. Any way, that is the perspective that I prefer. At the start of the narrative Oliver and Jennifer are both promising students. They fall in love. It is the most glorious three days of their lives. However, the nagging starts already after two dates: "I want to know your name" (joking). But although Jenny is a veritable teaser, she soon subjugates to Oliver. When she plans to complete her study in Paris, Oliver proposes to marry her, and she quickly abandons her plan. Marriage is a wonderful invention, but then again, so is a bicycle puncture repair kit. Moreover, since Oliver can not get a scholarship, she agrees to take a job below her level in order to pay his study! Soon Oliver is more interested in his text-books than in her. The relation fades. There is a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so she can not get away. There are many scenes with ill-tempered conversations. Let me cite just one: when Oliver gets his degree after concluding his law study, with excellent marks, a sum of money is attached to it. He says to Jenny: "Your maternity reward". On the way home he discusses the names of their future children. But some time later, when he goes in for sports with a colleague, he states that Jenny herself refuses to continue her study, and prefers to get children instead. Oliver takes Jenny everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back (joking). Unfortunately Jenny is fatally ill (spoiler!). On her dying bed she complains that she has forgotten much of her college education. She finally seems to realize the tragedy that her professional career has been stifled. Surrender comes at a price. The painful reality is that back then this fate was fairly common among female students. They were predestined to become housewives, and readily conformed to these (often) dull lives. This is how I see Love story: like a melodrama, full of sarcasm. And a wake-up call. "I do" can be the longest sentence. Do not forget to like this review.

Dalbert Pringle Hey! If love really is so wonderful, then why-oh-why does everything about this movie make me wanna puke, big time? I'm not kidding! Considering how mega-popular that Love Story was upon its initial release back in 1970 - I'd say that it sure reveals (with crystal-clarity) just how absolutely "love-starved" that particular generation of movie-goers really was.I'd say it's utterly pathetic, in fact! This modern-day Romeo and Juliet story is so unbelievably trite, clichéd and insipid that it's hard to imagine what a phenomenal box-office success that it originally was. I mean, Love Story is so bloody ridiculous that when Ali MacGraw's character becomes terminally ill she (get this!) actually grows more beautiful as her death approaches. (Like - What ails you, girl?) Isn't that just too hilarious? You can easily argue that I don't know how the hell to recognize "great love" when I see it. But if this sappy, little soap-opera-of-a-movie is supposed to be a prime example of that "great love", then I'd say that the commodity we all call "love" is grossly over-rated. Yep. It sure is! Believe me, all you love-crazed, starry-eyed, little fockers - Unconditional Love Does Not Exist. It doesn't.Let's face it - "Love is "always" having to say you're sorry." Now - How's that for some healthy, finely-tuned cynicism?