
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Pr... (Full plot summary below)
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The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don't... well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy, who they never liked anyway and who's back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who's angry about a collapsing wall.
Leave your thoughts about In the Loop.
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe language is brilliant, and the laugh lines come so quickly that you'd probably have to watch the movie twice to get them all. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerHands down the funniest movie I've seen all year and also the smartest. |
| The Film YapNick RogersNot since "Three Kings" has war satire felt as gloriously agitated and acerbic. Brimming with "The Office's" British-born briskness, Armando Ianucci's film doles out diabolical wit and depressing truths about corrosive careerism and boomeranging policies. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperThe plot of this film is impenetrable but the dialog is hilarious and comes a staccato pace. This is a comedy of political backbiting, in-fighting, and out-fighting. |
| Fan The FireSam BatheAccessible even for those not interested in politics, In The Loop is easily the funniest film of the year so far, and to boot, one of the most intelligent. |
| At the MoviesBen LyonsYou feel like a fly on the wall inside of these meetings in the offices and you see how utterly ridiculous everybody is. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonAs fine and hilarious a political comedy as any we've had in a generation. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottA sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersI didn't so much feel like there were cameras following all these people around so much as I imagined myself a fly on the wall catching all of their escapades, and it is that intimacy I think ultimately pushes things into the realm of greatness. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiOne of the funniest films of the year and the most incisive piece of cinematic political satire to come along since Joe Dante's "Homecoming." |