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British political satire expanded from Armando Iannucci's critically-lauded BBC TV series The Thick of It. In the Loop features...
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".
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94 %177 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
82 %227,100 reviewsAudience score rating
"Intelligent political satire this expertly acted is nothing to sneeze at."
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Variety
Variety"In 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."
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Total Film
Total Film"A sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Alastair Campbell didn't like it - meaning you almost certainly will. Peter Bradshaw on the funniest, sharpest film of the year."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"In the Loop is no precious show dog. It's a snarling, frothing little beastie straining at its leash."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Painfully funny satire of British and American bureaucrats in the days leading up to the Iraq War."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineIn the Loop | Details
- Rating
- R13, contains offensive language, sexual references
- Runtime
- 109
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- UK
