In the Loop
British political satire expanded from Armando Iannucci's critically-lauded BBC TV series The Thick of It. In the Loop features a great comic cast including a Steve Coogan cameo and Peter Capaldi, as the PM's lethally foul-mouthed Director of Comms.
Incompetent British minister Simon Foster (Tom Hollander), along with his entourage, is sent to Washington after making contradictory comments about possible war in the Middle East. With everyone looking out for number one, and the fate of the free world at stake (but apparently incidental), politicians and bureaucrats bumbles their way through Machiavellian political dealings and toward comic resolutions that are, er, "unforeseeable".
- Director:
- Armando Iannucci (TV's 'I'm Alan Partridge', 'The Thick Of It')
- Writer:
- Jesse ArmstrongSimon BlackwellArmando IannucciIan MartinTony Roche
- Cast:
- James GandolfiniTom HollanderPeter CapaldiMimi KennedyAnna ChlumskySteve Coogan
Reviews & comments
Very clever, VERY funny
100 minutes of fast talking, razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud wit that plays out like the very best British sitcom. Intelligent political satire is rarely so articulate, hilarious and profane all at the same time. Deserves five stars alone for the demented vicious bile spewed so deliciously by Peter Capaldi. Possibly the smartest satire on bureaucracy during...
Schoolboy Dreadful
Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful. Walked out after 10 minutes. A continual barrage of foul, extreme but lame very unfunny script language and nothing like inside a political Press office. Is it meant to shock? Horrible characters make you feel sick. Totally unrealistic as no one today would put up with this offensive barrage, viewed or otherwise. The worst...
The difference between comedy and satire is not funny
Obviously polarising audiences from the looks of the previous reviews, which I wish I had read before I went. A friend said it was very funny, so I went along expecting a good laugh. Satire is not comedy and I hardly laughed at all. Very clever but certainly not everyones cup of tea, and a regretted investment of time and money.
Totally missable
Just don't go to this dreadful excuse for a comedy; downright inane, depressing and dreadfully scripted. Perhaps all the bad filthy language is meant to make it funny if you don't like it after 10 minutes - just walk out otherwise it will make you sick. It does not improve and there are absolutely no big laughs in this movie.
Total Film
pressIn The Loop may have worked equally well on TV, but no rib is left untickled in a quickfire satire that depresses as much as it amuses. Gets our vote.
The New York Times
pressA sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft...
The Guardian
pressAlastair Campbell didn't like it - meaning you almost certainly will. Peter Bradshaw on the funniest, sharpest film of the year.
Los Angeles Times
pressIn the Loop is no precious show dog. It's a snarling, frothing little beastie straining at its leash.
Hollywood Reporter
pressPainfully funny satire of British and American bureaucrats in the days leading up to the Iraq War.
Empire Magazine
pressSpinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real.
Total Film
pressIn The Loop may have worked equally well on TV, but no rib is left untickled in a quickfire satire that depresses as much as it amuses. Gets our vote.
The New York Times
pressA sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft...
The Guardian
pressAlastair Campbell didn't like it - meaning you almost certainly will. Peter Bradshaw on the funniest, sharpest film of the year.
Los Angeles Times
pressIn the Loop is no precious show dog. It's a snarling, frothing little beastie straining at its leash.
Hollywood Reporter
pressPainfully funny satire of British and American bureaucrats in the days leading up to the Iraq War.
Empire Magazine
pressSpinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real.
Very clever, VERY funny
100 minutes of fast talking, razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud wit that plays out like the very best British sitcom. Intelligent political satire is rarely so articulate, hilarious and profane all at the same time. Deserves five stars alone for the demented vicious bile spewed so deliciously by Peter Capaldi. Possibly the smartest satire on bureaucracy during...
Schoolboy Dreadful
Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful. Walked out after 10 minutes. A continual barrage of foul, extreme but lame very unfunny script language and nothing like inside a political Press office. Is it meant to shock? Horrible characters make you feel sick. Totally unrealistic as no one today would put up with this offensive barrage, viewed or otherwise. The...
The difference between comedy and satire is not funny
Obviously polarising audiences from the looks of the previous reviews, which I wish I had read before I went. A friend said it was very funny, so I went along expecting a good laugh. Satire is not comedy and I hardly laughed at all. Very clever but certainly not everyones cup of tea, and a regretted investment of time and money.
Totally missable
Just don't go to this dreadful excuse for a comedy; downright inane, depressing and dreadfully scripted. Perhaps all the bad filthy language is meant to make it funny if you don't like it after 10 minutes - just walk out otherwise it will make you sick. It does not improve and there are absolutely no big laughs in this movie.
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