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  Review by Sean Baker 32

  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.

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★ 6

  Jason Isaacs' introduction deserves its own Oscar.

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  Review by fran hoepfner ★★★½ 4

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

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 5

  VEEP meets CITY OF GOD.

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

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  Review by iana ★★★★

  “what ever happened to trotsky?” I SCREAMED

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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★ 11

  “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.

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  Review by russman ★★★★ 1

  I liked the suit and pajamas look

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★ 1

  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!

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  Review by Aaron Hendrix ★★★★ 1

  You're not even a person. You're a testicle!

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 7

  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."

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  Review by Mike Ginn ★★★★½

  Best part about being dumb is watching historical movies. I had no idea what was gonna happen after Stalin died.

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  Review by YI JIAN ★★★★½ 2

  1. Cast Jason Isaac

  2. Put him in a military uniform

  3. ???

  4. PROFIT

  I've cracked the god damn code.