In the Loop

IN THE LOOP is a smart comedy and Sundance Film Festival hit from the acclaimed team who created the award-winning BBC TV comedy series ALAN PARTRIDGE and THE THICK OF IT.

The film is drawing instant comparisons to some of the great political and absurdist comedies such as DOCTOR STRANGELOVE, WAG THE DOG, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING and MONTY PYTHON. With razor-sharp, truly laugh-out-loud dialogue the film pokes fun at the absurdity and ineptitude of our highest leaders. With everyone looking out for number one, and the fate of the free world at stake (but apparently incidental), the hilarious ensemble cast of characters bumbles its way through Machiavellian political dealings, across continents, and toward comic resolutions that are unforeseeable.

“Scathingly funny...a smart, sophisticated comedy.” (Manohla Dargis, New York Times)

“Icily brilliant...the first really satisfying, really fearless dramatic assault on the scandal of Iraq.” (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian)

“A venomous and incisive cinema exposé and it builds a relentless head of comic steam that never subsides.” (Mark Keizer, Boxoffice Magazine)

“The satire steams and fizzes like concentrated sulphuric acid. It is blisteringly offensive. Armando Iannucci’s debut feature film In the Loop is the kind of movie that makes you proud to be British.” (Wendy Ide, Times [U.K.])

“The savage comedy of In The Loop is enough to justify hailing it as a triumph. What takes it to a different level is the way that Iannucci and a great team of writers ultimately manage to make the smile freeze on your face.” (Allan Hunter, Daily Express)