How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:128
Fresh:121
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: In the Loop is an uncommonly funny political satire that blends Dr. Strangelove with Spinal Tap for the Iraq war era.
Theatrical Release:Jul 24, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $2,251,324
Synopsis: IN THE LOOP is a fast-paced, lancet-witted ensemble comedy from first-time film director Armando Iannucci, based on his satirical BBC sitcom, THE THICK OF IT. The film tracks the lies,... [More]
Starring: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini
Director: Armando Iannucci
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Writer/director Armando Iannucci hits home so brilliantly in what is essentially a big-screen version of TV’s The Thick Of It. The Sneak cannot overuse the word “funny” enough to describe In The Loop. It is funny, funny, funny.
There are at least thirty genuine laugh-out-loud moments and I honestly cannot recall a single other film with that hit rate. In The Loop boasts one of the funniest scripts ever written and some of the strongest performances in a comedy since Spinal Tap.
While In the Loop is a highly disciplined inquiry into a very serious subject, it is also, line by filthy line, scene by chaotic scene, by far the funniest big-screen satire in recent memory.
Top CriticIt's a measure of how apt a title Armando Iannucci has chosen for his directorial debut that this skewering of modern British politics seems to grow more prophetic by the day.
The savage comedy of In The Loop is enough to justify hailing it as a triumph. What takes it to a different level is the way that Iannucci and a great team of writers ultimately manage to make the smile freeze on your face.
Line after line proves infinitely quotable... suggesting cult status as well as critical acclaim beckons.
In the midst of the constant stream of mostly vacuous (and sometimes not) summer blockbusters, In the Loop is the tiniest of releases and one of the best ... maybe the best so far.
It is a rollicking entertainment for some of the time, and a sulphurous study in bare-faced cynicism pretty much all of the time. An achievement of sorts, though I wish I could have liked it more.
Showing how politicians, in all their petty ambition and narrow self-interest, can be every bit as dangerous as Weapons of Mass Destruction, this is Dr Strangelove for the post-9/11 era.
The real standout here is Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker. This is a truly unforgettable character that spouts off insults and profanities as often as one breaths.
You feel like a fly on the wall inside of these meetings in the offices and you see how utterly ridiculous everybody is.
Every movie that clearly tells us how we marched toward the war, through bullying, intimidation, and making opponents seem crazy is worth seeing.
Uproarious, bitter, and ever so slightly twisted, In the Loop revives our hope in art infiltrating and exposing the hypocrisies of life.
It's fantastic stuff, so over-the-top, so scabrous, so bitterly brilliant that you have to assume that, on some level, it rings true.
Blistering satire ... scabrous laughs. And it's so easy to imagine that this really is how governments make earth-shaking decisions.
Top CriticAn acidic force of nature, confident with brutal exchanges of opinion, yet retains a cutting satirical curve that buttresses the film's undeniable pull toward outright silliness.
Unfailingly witty in its speculation that international aggression isn't driven by mania as much as facilitated by banality.
A scabrously funny look at the cutthroat game of statecraft.
Top CriticIt's not very ambitious, but it's funny.
In the Loop skewers the recent Bush administration without resorting to the childish name-calling which sunk 'W.'
December 04, 2009:
Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies
Five or six years ago, the Sundance Film Festival was more famous for showing dozens of worthy, politically correct movies that instantly disappeared than the odd breakout hits... More...
July 23, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Orphan Is Mixed Bag
This week at the movies, we've got an evil adoptee (Orphan, starring Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard), a battle of the sexes (The Ugly Truth, starring Katherine Heigl and... More...
May 25, 2009:
Trailer & Poster review 
More...
Techland lists the best Sci-Fi films of this decade.
Moviefone takes a look back at the biggest stinkers of the past 10 years.
The Me and Orson Welles star answers reader questions on TIME.com.
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill offers his thoughts on what the best decade for film was.
In the AV Club's "Scenic Routes," Mike D'Angelo reminisces about the Tim Burton film.
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN.com |
GameSpy |
Comrade |
Arena |
FilePlanet |
GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox |
Planets |
Vaults |
VE3D |
CheatsCodesGuides |
GameStats |
GamerMetrics
AskMen.com |
Rotten Tomatoes |
Direct2Drive |
Green Pixels
IGN RSS Feeds
Comment
