Love Story

12/16/19701h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Love means never having to say you’re sorry. ~

Overview:

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$2,200,000.00

Revenue:

$136,400,000.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
harvard university
college
cancer
tragic love
class differences
string ensemble
telephone box
lapsed catholic
trying to get pregnant
snow angel
rich man poor woman
domineering
witty
depressing
romantic
authoritarian
condescending
disheartening

Cast

Ali MacGraw

~ as ~

Jennifer Cavilleri

Ryan O'Neal

~ as ~

Oliver Barrett IV

John Marley

~ as ~

Phil Cavilleri

Ray Milland

~ as ~

Oliver Barrett III

Russell Nype

~ as ~

Dean Thompson

Tommy Lee Jones

~ as ~

Hank - Oliver's Roommate

Sydney Walker

~ as ~

Dr. Shapeley

Robert Modica

~ as ~

Dr. Addison

Katherine Balfour

~ as ~

Oliver's mother

Sudie Bond

~ as ~

Woman buying Christmas tree

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Reviews (2)

JPV852
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Well acted tear-jerker has some nice scenes and dialogue between Ryan O'Neil and Ali MacGraw, and thankfully not overly schmaltzy. Today this sort of thing would be on Lifetime but back in 70 was a box office hit. Not sure it's something I'll watch again anytime soon but decent for a romance-drama. 3.5/5
CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Ryan O'Neal ("Oliver") is the son of a wealthy family who falls in love with "Jenny"(Ali McGraw) - a working class girl of whom his father (Ray Milland) does not approve. When the couple decide they are serious, his relationship with his father breaks down. He is studying law, qualifies third in his class at Harvard, gets a decent job and their now married life together looks set fair - until, that is, they struggle to conceive a child. A visit to the doctor presents their idyllic lifestyle with a massive shock and the two, at just twenty four years of age, must come to terms with a looming tragedy. There is quite a bit of engaging, first love, chemistry between these actors, and the script is peppered with some gentle humour as their lively romance blossoms in front of us. The production is adequate, all it needs to be in a performance driven film like this but the nature of the ending served little purpose and felt really quite unnecessarily unfulfilling and downbeat. It is a good film, but I suspect that Francis Lai's theme tune will long outlive the memory of anything we see on screen.