In the Loop

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews June 23rd, 2009 |

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 		Starring:
James Gandolfini, Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander
Review:
Political satire is a bitch to pull off. Kubrick’s Dr.
Strangelove set the bar high in 1964. But damned if In the
Loop doesn’t at least nip at its skirts. Best of all, this
ink-black comedy of war and how to stop worrying and love the spin
is devilishly clever. The gifted British writer-director Armando
Iannucci, whose BBC series The Thick of It is the spark
for the film, keeps the dialogue coming fast and furiously
funny.
(Click here to watch Peter Travers’ video review of In the
Loop.)
The time is just before the invasion of Iraq. The governments of
Britain and the U.S. are in a fever. On Downing Street — a
spin on The Office (Ricky Gervais edition, complete with
handheld cameras) — the PM’s caffeinated director of
communications, Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), is…


Rating: 3 Stars

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