I did something so insulting.... so blasphemous... so abhorrent. 

Ready? 

I watched this film on the plane. 

BUT

I still laughed my ass off and think it’s one of my faves so far this year. The comic timing is impeccable. The performances shine. My god... Paddy Considine really shows his comedy chops. 

Loved it and recommend seeing it ASAP. But not on a plane... it deserves better.

VEEP meets CITY OF GOD.

more grim than funny, but still plenty funny. by far my favorite thing that Armando Iannucci has ever done.

“Who would put a lamp on a chair?”

Unabashedly declaring this the best
[dark (as FUCK)] comedy of last year;

Iannucci's the master political satirist.

75

Fucking hysterical, mostly for showcasing the idiocy in group government dynamics while never shying away from the violence and complete disregard for human life around the chaotic remnants of the regime. In various scenes set inside the torture chambers, background bodies are shot (both on and off screen), conveying the same narrative function as a moment where a nameless prisoner tumbles outrageously down the stairs. The Death of Stalin wrestles with hilarity and horror within the same confined, decedent spaces, and the disruptions of each are startling. In a showing before mine, a woman apparently yelled "Communism isn't funny!" before storming out. Of course, even if it wasn't funny (and The Death of Stalin almost constantly is -like a squabbling contest between imbeciles), the film suggests something far worse: that it's true and, to quote The Giant in Twin Peaks, "it is happening again."

- "HOW OLD ARE YOU?"
- "I'm.......... old?"
- "YOU'RE NOT OLD!"

Now that's a fucking dark comedy. Very very funny and sharp and brilliant, but tonally upsetting and maybe a little confusing in a way I need some time to process? Or, just need to know more about history for. Who can say! I think I liked it!

They're filling hisnhead with American lies! That facial degloving though....

We are all abandoned cubs!

i did not expect jason isaacs to have a northern accent but he did and it was hilarious

This was a great satirical movie based upon life behind the iron curtain. Imagine Best in Show meets Enemy Behind the Gates.

it's good but wtf is buscemi kruschev that's fat man erasure

I guess it was okay?? I didn’t really understand it... kinda nonsense but fine with me...

So this was like Dr. Strangelove but way darker. It was pretty hilarious at times but other times messed up and knowing alot of it is true makes even more sad. Steve Buscemi was freaking great in this might be his best performance ever which is saying a lot.

I’m not a re-watcher of movies, but I’d give this another go. So much dark comedy thrown at you so fast that another go will likely bring out just as many new laughs.

An odd black comedy. Didn't really do much for me.