In the Loop

In the Loop is a British farce centering around the communication or the miscommunication between the U.S. and U.K. governments. The whole movie is about words. In the very beginning the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International Development says that war is "unforeseeable." Apparently that made his department look bad and it starts a whole chain of events that leads to mass confusion and hysteria. The satire is spot-on the entire time. But the stand out feature of the film is the screenplay which was written by five different people is so amazingly funny that I had some of the best lines running through my head while chuckling to myself while other people stared at me wondering "what's that guy laughing about" for several hours. There is so much cursing and fowl-mouthary in this movie and the usage of these words is perfect. Notable performances are those of Peter Capaldi (the most fowl-mouthed character in any film this year, probably), James Gandolfini, and Steve Coogan. My favorite moment in the film (which is featured in the trailer) is when a man says to his assistant "this will be easy peasy lemon squeezy" and his assistant replies to him "No, it'll be difficult difficult lemon difficult!" In the Loop is one of the funniest movies of the year.

In the Loop is in limited release and is available On Demand.

In the Loop - 3.5 out of 4

-Zach