Fresh
It's fantastic stuff, so over-the-top, so scabrous, so bitterly brilliant that you have to assume that, on some level, it rings true.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
In the Loop
The fate of the world is on the line.
2009 · 1h 46m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Armando Iannucci
Overview
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.
Director and cast
- Armando Iannucci Director
- Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker
- Tom Hollander as Simon Foster
- Gina McKee as Judy Molloy
- James Gandolfini as Lt Gen. George Miller
- Chris Addison as Toby Wright
- Anna Chlumsky as Liza Weld
- Enzo Cilenti as Bob Adriano
- Paul Higgins as Jamie McDonald
- Mimi Kennedy as Karen Clarke
- Alex Macqueen as Sir Jonathan Tutt
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Painfully funny satire of British and American bureaucrats in the days leading up to the Iraq War.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
The film, while often very funny, is so relentlessly savage it could destroy whatever shred of respect you may still retain for politicians and that flogged horse called democracy.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
The brainchild of British director Armando Iannucci, it takes on the politicians at their own dirty game, daring to fictionally embellish the tawdry facts, to out-spin the spin doctors.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
This enormously witty satire follows a British diplomatic staff as they fly to Washington to confer with their U.S. counterparts, who are secretly ginning up an invasion of the Middle East.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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