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Comedy
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Armando Iannucci
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David Rasche,
Anna Chlumsky,
Joanna Scanlan,
Mimi Kennedy,
Olivia Poulet,
Chris Addison,
Paul Higgins,
Alex Macqueen,
James Smith,
Johnny Pemberton,
Peter Capaldi,
Tom Hollander,
Gina McKee,
James Gandolfini,
Enzo Cilenti
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(7.9/10)124.5
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IN THE Circle is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-set events to manufacture a give birth to that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Charg‚ d'affaires fancy a war, but not all agrees that battling is a ‘good thing’. US General Miller (James Gandolfini – The Sopranos, The Entrancing Of Pelham 123) certainly doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State on International Situation, Simon Back (Tom Hollander – Pirates of the Caribbean, Overconfidence and Prejudice). But when the equable-mannered minister inadvertently appears... to following the war on prime-time television, he immediately attracts the r‚clame of the PM’s venomously belligerent communications chief Malcolm Tucker (reprised from The Thick of It by Peter Capaldi), who latches onto him a hawk. Soon, the Brits are in Washington, where diplomatic relations strike with trans-Atlantic spin doctors and Foster’s off-hand remark quickly spirals into an insurmountable ‘mountain of conflict’.
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In the Loop
Michael Ordo??aDespite a pedigree like so many British prestige projects -- award-winning actors and writers, topical subject matter, BBC roots -- In the Loop is no precious show dog. It's a snarling, frothing little beastie straining at its leash.
In fact, when someone in the film uses the word "purview," signature character Malcolm Tucker, the prime minister's communications chief, launches into one of his trademark expletive-laced tirades: "Where do you think you are, in some sort of regency . . . costume drama? This is a government department, not a . . . Jane . . . Austen novel!"
Springing from the acclaimed TV series "The Thick of It," the comedy concerns British complicity in the manipulation of arguments, facts and words to justify the U.S. invasi...
In the Loop
Claudia PuigIn the Loop is an intermittently funny and biting political satire about politicians and their operatives involved in a campaign to promote a war. Drawing upon Wag the Dog, Dr. Strangelove and This Is Spinal Tap, this sardonic tale is adapted from the critically acclaimed BBC series The Thick of It. The film features some witty performances from the mostly British ensemble cast, notably Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, the prime minister's ultra-aggressive communications director whose foul mouth and venomous attitude work in concert and at warp speed. Tom Hollander also is excellent as Simon Foster, the minister for international development. He refers to war with the Middle East as "unforeseeable" then tries to correct what he has been to...
The smell of a pissed seaside donkey this is not
If you watched the TV series then a lot of the actors in this film will be familiar and the pace and language won't come as too much of a shock. It's sharp, witty and pacey in style with the most creative swearing I've heard in a long time (well since South Park the movie if I'm honest).
It's easy to see this as merely a movie version of the TV show, but In the Loop stands on its own as a very clever version of real life events from the recent past. If even half of this is true it's terrifying and from reading interviews with Armando Ianucci I suspect that more than half of it is.
Peter Capaldi steals the movie, with Tom Hollander a close second as the incompetent minister from DfID. If you watch this and don't find it funny maybe stick with JCVD m...
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