Actors: James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander
Director: Armando Iannucci
In The Loop is an exceedingly British film. Not that people are jamming toffees down their throat while discussing the latest footie match, but its humor is alternately understated and bombastic - most of what is funny comes from what is said.
A political satire mostly in name, In The Loop is more a showcase for its one-liners, callbacks, and call-forwards - it's a dense knot of recurring jokes. There's not any Dr. Strangelove-esque heavy-handedness - in this film, politicians are largely vain, stupid people. There's also not many better targets for satire than vain, stupid people.
I suspect this film gets better on second watch. The punchlines are in no discernible rhythm, and there's just so many of them.
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