In the Loop (2009)
Storyline
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real.
Directors
Cast
Mimi Kennedy, Steve Coogan, Natasha Sattler, Enzo Cilenti, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Gina McKee, Johnny Pemberton, Del Pentecost, Harry Hadden-Paton, Joanna Scanlan, David Rasche, Chipo Chung, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky, Paul Higgins, James Smith, Zach Woods, Olivia Poulet, Janelle Schmidt, Lucinda Raikes, Will Smith
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Reviews
91
The chattering smarty-pants who ran the U.S. government on "The West Wing" are slow talkers compared with the motormouthed and hilariously imperfect power elite in the brainy British comedy In the Loop.
91
In The Loop floats above its chaotic world on wave after wave of beautifully profane dialogue.
90
Variety
Intelligent political satire this expertly acted is nothing to sneeze at.
90
Village Voice
Not to detract from the pleasure of watching the consistently excellent actors, who enhance the dialogue's bite with their body language, but the script of In the Loop is so rich that it could work as a radio play.
90
Zooming back and forth between London and D.C., In the Loop hasn't any real plot -- it plays like a rather brilliant Brit-com stretched over 100 minutes, a collection of anecdotes and incidents.
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