In the Loop
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Synopsis
IN THE LOOP is a smart comedy and Sundance Film Festival hit from the acclaimed team behind the award-winning BBC TV comedy series ALAN PARTRIDGE and THE THICK OF IT. The film is drawing instant comparisons to some of the great political and absurdist comedies such as DOCTOR STRANGELOVE, WAG THE DOG, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING and MONTY PYTHON.
With razor-sharp, truly laugh-out-loud dialogue the film pokes fun at the absurdity and ineptitude of our highest leaders. With everyone looking out for number one, and the fate of the free world at stake (but apparently incidental), the hilarious ensemble cast of characters bumbles its way through Machiavellian political dealings, across continents, and toward comic resolutions that are unforeseeable.
Directed by Armando Iannucci
UK, 2009, 35mm
106 minutes, Not Rated
English
Reviews
GENIUS. A sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft. The audience is likely to die laughing…By far the funniest big-screen satire in recent memory. |
FAST AND FURIOUSLY FUNNY. YOU WILL LAUGH LOUD AND OFTEN. Proves that smart and funny can exist in the same movie, even in summer. | HILARIOUS. An acidly funny satire about politics and pomposity. The zing and sting of the film’s dialogue harks back to screwball comedy, but the frequent flourishes of profanity throughout suggest its own genre: screw-you-ball. |
GENIUS. A sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft. The audience is likely to die laughing…By far the funniest big-screen satire in recent memory. |
FAST AND FURIOUSLY FUNNY. YOU WILL LAUGH LOUD AND OFTEN. Proves that smart and funny can exist in the same movie, even in summer. |
HILARIOUS. An acidly funny satire about politics and pomposity. The zing and sting of the film’s dialogue harks back to screwball comedy, but the frequent flourishes of profanity throughout suggest its own genre: screw-you-ball. |