2009 Directed by Armando Iannucci
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.
Peter Capaldi Tom Hollander Gina McKee James Gandolfini Chris Addison Anna Chlumsky Paul Higgins Mimi Kennedy Alex MacQueen Olivia Poulet David Rasche James Smith Zach Woods Enzo Cilenti Johnny Pemberton Joanna Scanlan Harry Hadden-Paton Samantha Harrington Lucinda Raikes James Doherty Reid Sasser Chipo Chung Del Pentecost Joanna Brookes Steve Coogan Rita May Eve Matheson Will Smith Janelle Schmidt Show All…
В петле, Kabinett ausser Kontrolle, Politické kruhy, Kabinett außer Kontrolle, Πόλεμος εκτός Προγράμματος, In the loop, בסוד העניינים, U banani, Egy Kis gubanc, イン・ザ・ループ, 인 더 루프, Zapętleni, Conversa Truncada, Kısırdöngü, В петлі, 灵通人士, 人人有份
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UK15
Spain7
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AustraliaMA 15+
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peter capaldi insulted someone by calling them "eraserhead baby" and i haven't stopped thinking about that for the last 8 hours
Part of Dastardly Difficult December: film nr.29
If dialogue was a realm, this film would be king.
If swearing was a sport, this film would be the Olympics.
If clever screenwriting was a brothel, this film would be a $5000 an hour prostitute.
This film has more fucks than a porno, more laughs than a canister of nitrous oxide and is wittier than the illegitimate love child of Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde.
Malcolm Tucker is my new personal hero.
"i haven't got any thoughts. i'm just staring vacantly into space while a distant voice in the back of my head goes 'oh shit!' like a car alarm in the middle of the night."
english character actor tom hollander nailing english ennui as per english usual <3
best part is James Gandolfini as a General sitting in the little girl’s room calculating the number of troops needed for the Iraq war on a toy calculator that makes funny kids noises and shouts out the numbers (“Twelve!”)
"This is a sacred place. Now, you may not believe that and I may not believe that, but, by God, it's a useful hypocrisy."
of all the impacts david lynch has made on cinema peter capaldi using “eraserhead baby” as an insult sure is up there
other insults used by scottish people which ive adopted into my vocab include; love actually, humpty numpty, nazi julie andrews, little bo cock jockey, fetus boy
“I am a voracious reader. I’m the Gore Vidal of the Pentagon.”
“Gore’s gay.”
“No, he’s not.”
“I beg to differ, but...”
“He’s gay? Because I’ve been saying that Gore Vidal line.”
“He is gay.”
“Guess I better stop saying that then.”
what does it say about me that I hate confrontation but all my comfort movies are full of people yelling at each other. Do not answer this
Is In the Loop the best political satire of all time? Possibly. It's at least top two, right up there with Dr. Strangelove. I don't know how this film managed to escape my radar for so long, but I'm glad it's finally in my life. It's not only brilliantly written and realized, but hysterically funny and surprisingly dark. The epic swearing aside, this is one of the highest quality films shot docu-style I've seen in ages. Thank fuck for this fucking brilliant movie. I'll write a more detailed review when I watch it again. Tomorrow. It's that fucking good.
Fuckity bye. My new catchphrase, perhaps?
"the only reason you listen to this shit!!!! is because it's bad form to wear a hat that says "i went to private school"!"
IN THE LOOP was a fuckin great political satire, laughed hysterically from the beginning to the end. Peter Capaldi is such a beast. Some of the best swearing I’ve ever heard. Him going toe-to-toe with James Gandolfini was a treat. Not to mention the great Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, Anna Chumsky and Zach Woods.
Depicting the wheels of government as a farce is basically a cheat code to make your movie age well, I don’t know why more people don’t do it.
Watched on plane for comfort. Favorite thing I learned from the audio commentary is how the writers used the “Frasier logic” to create the Jamie character. When the creators of Frasier were thinking about Niles, they wanted him to be "Frasier, but more." So Jamie is Malcolm’s Niles. I heard it on either the commentary for this movie or for The Thick of It. Such a great choice. Two peas in a pod!
