In The Loop | Armando Iannucci, 2009
A lowly British politician says that a U.S. war in the middle east is “unforeseeable” in the radio, then all hell breaks loose. The Prime Minister wants him to say that he didn’t mean it. Some U.S. politicians want to use him as an excuse to prevent war. Then the British want him to go to the U.S to say that Britain is for war. That just sets up the basic plot for this movie, but there is much more to it than that.
In the Loop is a funny and clever satire about U.S. politics and how the British are drawn to support them, as well as the going-ons of preparing for a war. The strenght of the movie lies in the hypnotic dialogue, which grabs from from the moment the first of many f-bombs are dropped. The dialogue would have never succeeded without the great cast. The highlight of the cast is Peter Capaldi as Malcom Tucker, the Prime Minister’s communications chief. He has so many outrageous things to say, and he does it with so much gusto, andhe acts accordingly to his dialogue, which makes his work even more incredible.
I did not find In the Loop as hilarious as others, but I laughed plenty and loved the dialogue and the characters. This is one of my favorite movies of the year.
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