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Hapless government minister Simon Forster becomes stuck between the hawks and the doves as an American led war in the Middle East is brewing. This cutting edge behind-the-scenes style comedy follows the hilarious machinations of civil servants and spin doctors in London and Washington, DC.
In The Loop is a foul-mouthed comedy that draws on non-specific events to create a world that is terrifyingly familiar: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war, but not everyone agrees that war is a 'good thing'. US General Miller (James Gandolfini - The Sopranos, The Taking Of Pelham 123) certainly doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander - Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice). But when the mild-mannered minister inadvertently appears to back the war on prime-time television, he immediately attracts the attention of the PM's venomously aggressive communications chief Malcolm Tucker (reprised from The Thick of It by Peter Capaldi), who latches onto him like a hawk. Soon, the Brits are in Washington, where diplomatic relations collide with trans-Atlantic spin doctors and Foster's off-hand remark quickly spirals into an insurmountable 'mountain of conflict'.
Average rating (6 reviews)
The wave of 5 stars is justified.
Jazybp | 03/09/2009 | See all Jazybp's reviews (12) »
What a film. This political satire filmed almost like a 'fly on the wall' documentary gave me laughter, cringeworthy feelings and gripped by its perfect pace.
Watch as the central abuse dummy, Simon Foster is bombard from the swear word cannon that blows off at every opportunity, Malcolm Tucker looms over his every awkward slip up, from the press to inside the White House.
A guaranteed intelligent laugh that should be watched by anyone interested in films that are well directed, scripted and casted making 'In The Loop' a comedy masterpiece.
No, it's going to be difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult.
MacUserUK | 01/09/2009 | See all MacUserUK's reviews (6) »
Not in the loop
jbags1965 | 28/08/2009 | See all jbags1965's reviews (60) »
Peter capaldi's is outstanding and for me gets all the best lines.
But i found the story far to clever and at times didn't know or couldn't even be bothered knowing what was going in.Sorry i don't do politics.
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Steve Coogan, James Gandolfini, Anna Chlumsky, Tom Hollander, David Rasche, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Natasha Sattler, Zach Woods, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jen Carden, Joanna Scanlan, James Smith & Paul Higgins | |
15 years and over | |
2009 | |
Widescreen | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
