In The Loop (2009)

7.6

Movie

UK, United Kingdom
English
Comedy
2009
ARMANDO IANNUCCI
Alex MacQueen, Anna Chlumsky, Chipo Chung
106 min

What it's about

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

The take

A hilarious comedy about politics in the UK and US. The secretary of State for Internal Development Simon Foster accidentally backs the plans for a war in the Middle East and suddenly finds he has a lot of friends in Washington. What follows is a difficult to follow maneuvering of pro- and antiwar factions in both governments. The harder it gets to follow what's going on in the movie the more it resembles our present day politics and the funnier it becomes.

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