In the Loop (15)

To all the idiots taking this seriously; get a sense of humour. The writers did not intend to make mockery of the events of the last Gulf War OR in fact glamorise and humourise 'desk murderers'. If you actually watch the film it shows how f*cking shambolic the whole system is and how funny it can be when it all goes tits up. You don't have to find it funny or even like it, just don't bring the stale odour of PC into this intentionally frank, fantastically written and acted piece of UK gold. So f*ck off you lot; you obviously missed the complex power-plays, spin cycles and buck passing. You obviously had a nap very time Malcolm Tucker swept on screen and delivered some of the funniest lines in recent British comedy. and you must have nipped off for a piss when Malcolm and cohort Jamie were hilariously careening around Washington trying to mop up the mess. I bet you only like films where ever word has been carefully placed to inform the narrative and each scene is a piece of art in it's own right; essentially boring shit.

Not political in the sense that it discourages discussion, though somehow favourable to the mass murderers alluded to, and not funny. If five stars is great and one is no good, I'd give this a hard slap.

Fast-paced, subversive, rude and laugh-out-loud funny. I loved it and would watch again.

boring beyond belief. sorry folks - Hugh and Mike are right in their comments.

A poor imitation of 60s satire. How on earth Iannuchi can want credit for such a roughly-put-together schoolboy presentation is hard to understand. Don't waste your time.

A humourous political satire, though a tad disappointing if you have seen the TV show as it doesn't really add much for being on at the cinema. Neverthess, great to see an English satire on the big screen.

Was sceptical when I went to see this, because although Ianucci's usually good, TV-series-becoming-films don't have a good record and political comedy can often be too shallow and relying on easy, cynical laughs. However, this is great stuff. Spot on dark humour and laugh-while-you-cringe agony that had the whole of the cinema giggling through fingers.

This must be one of the worst films ever. It's the first time I have walked out during a film. Tried to endure for more than the 80 minutes I watched this puerile humour - puerile apart from the use of obscenities in every sentence. Save your money.

this is a sharp reminder that COEN BROTHERS have been desperately trying to write a clone of this sharp black comedy but they need more then an empty style to achieve an intelligent coup in this genre . the whole anglo american conglomerate of war on TERROR with spin doctors and the intelligence dossiers and lies about WMDS are taken for a ride in a hilarious travesty of the current milieu while at the same time you are pathetically aware that nothing is going to change ever and the bertayal and deception will last while the culprits offer a sacrificial goat picked at random and that is what makes this rather lunatic and wry movie quite subtle and bittersweet too . the characters and the political pastiche and the foul steet language used in the highest echelons of sophisticated governing bodies only is trying to emphasize how disappointingly average and ordinary humanity is at all levels . the immorality here though is rendered like a souffle and it tastes good even though at times the whole thing is overcooked . i really do not see how anyone will not be amused by this political satire on our society as this also reflects virtually not just politicians but other fields of life in the way the characters behave and communicate without any logical rationale to achieve their ego mania - it the best docu drama narrative i have seen in quite a while and it was not trying to philosophize stylize ,or sermonise like the rest of the cinematic buffoons ,on the contrary this is quality rendered as quietly scalding humour and frifghteningly to ignore .

Loved the TV series, particularly Roger Allam. Pity they couldn't cast him in the movie but it was still hilarious and painfully accurate.