In the Loop

(England, 2009, 106 mins)

35mm

Executive Producers: Christine Langan, David M. Thompson, Paula Jalfon, Simon Fawcett
Producers: Adam Tandy, Kevin Loader
Screenwriters: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Cinematographer: Jamie Cairney
Editors: Anthony Boys, Billy Sneddon
Cast: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini
Music: Adam Ilhan

• Trailer

This deliciously dark comedy about the state of politics on both sides of “the pond” charts the skirmishes between political underlings during the lead-up to military action in the Middle East. The whole mess starts when Simon Foster, a British Minister for International Development, gets himself into trouble by saying that war is “unforeseeable.” Soon, he ends up included in a delegation to Washington where the Brits will be seduced, spun, and scrapped over by a group of Beltway backroom sharps that quickly demonstrate that in politics, both hawks and doves can be birds of prey.

A cousin to his television series The Thick of It, Amando Iannucci’s scorching satire leaves no political type un-singed. The performances are all spot-on, with each variety of unpleasant politico nailed down to the last detail. But, it’s the dialogue that really stings; the film is thick with the crossfire of outrageous tirades and invectives. and features some of the most creative and colorful cursing to be found on either side of the Atlantic.

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