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One of the most popular tearjerkers ever, LOVE STORY tells the tale of Jenny (Ali McGraw), a poor college student from Rhode Island, and Oliver (Ryan O'Neal), a rich law student from Boston, who fall in love while attending college. Despite opposition to their relationship from Oliver's wealthy father, the two get married. .. Read more

Starring Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland, John Marley
Director Arthur Hiller
Genres Romance

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Love Story

One of the most popular tearjerkers ever, LOVE STORY tells the tale of Jenny (Ali McGraw), a poor college student from Rhode Island, and Oliver (Ryan O'Neal), a rich law student from Boston, who fall in love while attending college. Despite opposition to their relationship from Oliver's wealthy father, the two get married. After graduation, Oliver takes a job at a prestigious legal firm in New York, and everything seems to be going well for the couple. However, tragedy strikes when Jenny is diagnosed with a fatal illness. As a result, Oliver must face a future without the woman he loves. This timeless film, based on Erich Segal's novel, featured the famous tag line "Love means never having to say you're sorry."

Starring Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland, John Marley, Sydney Walker, Walker Daniels, Robert Modica, Russell Nype, Katherine Balfour, Syd Walker, Tommy Lee Jones
Director Arthur Hiller
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Romance
Language English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish
Released DVD: 04 Feb 2002
Production year: 1971
Format DVD
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  • 1 stars out of 4

    A barrage of ripe old Hollywood clichés spiced with new-fangled bad language. In the circumstances, well enough made, and certainly astonishingly popular.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Funny and touching

    I rented this after I read the reviews because it sounded unintentionally funny. It was.

    I loved the wooden acting and the cheesy cliched roles. I loved the fact that the male lead called his Dad sir. I loved the fact that the poor heroine at first didn't like the rich arrogant jock then agrees to go for coffee with him anyway.

    I love how the music is repeated all the way through the film.

    This is one of the most charming films I have ever seen.

    Even though I got it to laugh at, the ending was really touching.

    Best of all, the film only lasted 1hr30mins.

    Perfect.

      • A customer from London
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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Funny and touching

    I rented this after I read the reviews because it sounded unintentionally funny. It was.

    I loved the wooden acting and the cheesy cliched roles. I loved the fact that the male lead called his Dad sir. I loved the fact that the poor heroine at first didn't like the rich arrogant jock then agrees to go for coffee with him anyway.

    I love how the music is repeated all the way through the film.

    This is one of the most charming films I have ever seen.

    Even though I got it to laugh at, the ending was really touching.

    Best of all, the film only lasted 1hr30mins.

    Perfect.

      • A customer from London
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    • Love Story
      One of the most popular tearjerkers ever, LOVE STORY tells the tale of Jenny (Ali McGraw), a poor college student from Rhode Island, and Oliver (Ryan O'Neal), a rich law student from Boston, who fall in love while attending college. Despite opposition to their relationship from Oliver's wealthy ...