75
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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanStill an impressive and disturbing brink-of-doom thriller.
- 80The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherIt packs a melodramatic wallop that will rattle a lot of chattering teeth.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineWhile this is a wonderful showcase for some fine acting--notably by Fonda--it is not great filmmaking, and one may be left wishing for the biting, off-the-wall satire of Dr. Strangelove.
- 70Time OutTime OutEclipsed by its contemporary, Dr Strangelove, Fail Safe eschews the former's black humour and opts for a deadly serious mix of cold-war melodrama and rampant psychosis.